20:20 Hexham

Tuesday 21 May 2019

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J T Dove Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 20:27 | Winning time: 6m 37.30s

Shtan On⁶⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Callum Bewley| T: A C Whillans| OR: 105

20/1

Placed over hurdles at Ayr (3m, soft) in January but tailed off at Newcastle a couple of months later; runner-up on sole PTP start; has the pedigree for chasing (debut) as a half-brother to the 2012 Eider Chase runner up Posh Bird.

Form: 73/8355-

Prince Dundee^p,t³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Blair Campbell⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 97| CD

13/8

Has jumped well and raced prominently throughout when winning over C&D on each of his last two starts; 10lb higher than when beating Exit To Where by 2½L (has the measure of For Jim); sets the clear benchmark.

Form: 565511-

Chanceanotherfive^b⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Sam Coltherd⁽³⁾| T: W Coltherd| OR: 94| D

5/1

Dual bumper scorer for Keith Dalgleish; badly lost his way over hurdles, plunging down the handicap as a result; steadily getting back on track for new connections with a string of placed efforts; rules chasing debut (1-7 in PTP's).

Form: 0P4323-

For Jim^p¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 91| D

15/8

Off the mark at the third attempt over fences despite making a mistake at the last when rallying to beat Alto Des Mottes by a neck (Uttoxeter 3m, good); has an 8lb rise to overcome; plenty of work to do with Prince Dundee.

Form: 00787-1

Eager To Know³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Alain Cawley| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 78| D

11/1

20-race rules maiden (0-11 over fences); placed on four of his six previous Hexham starts; entitled to benefit for his recent comeback run at Carlisle, albeit others are preferred.

Form: 38P3P4-

The Conn^t¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: Mrs S Walton| OR: 69

28/1

16-race maiden; left toiling on chasing debut over 2m4f here earlier in the month (125/1); can't be considered in any shape of form from so far out of the handicap; confidently look elsewhere.

Form: 455/57-5

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

Spinning Scooter¹⁴

Weight: 10-0| Age: 9

T: M A Barnes J: D B Hurst

Ciarabella¹⁴

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: I A Duncan J: D R Fox

Forecasts

Prince Dundee (13/8), For Jim (15/8), Chanceanotherfive (5/1), Spinning Scooter (6/1), Eager To Know (11/1), Shtan On (20/1), Ciarabella (25/1), The Conn (28/1)

With four of the eight declared runners being long-standing maidens this race won't take much winning. Therefore, despite a 10lb rise in the weights for a second C&D win PRINCE DUNDEE is fully expected to land the hat-trick for Lucinda Russell and Blair Campbell. He holds the Jennie Candlish-trained For Jim on previous C&D form, and although that 7yo gelding took a rather sizeable step forward when winning at Uttoxeter, he wasn't wholly foot perfect in doing so.