Follow At The Races On Twitter Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 6m 48.48s

Sackett¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Bryony Frost| T: N B King| OR: 116

4/5

Game and genuine front runner, hard to pass on a going day as was the case at Cartmel last time when making every yard to score. Up another 4lb for that but every chance to dominate another small field, and looks the one to beat.

Form: 2283-P1

Nativegetaway^p1²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: R Johnson| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 115

9/4

Connections wasting little time getting over a fence after just five hurdles starts, best effort coming when beaten a neck at Chepstow last November. Unexposed and so could improve plenty for switch to larger obstacles, and has to rate a danger.

Form: 2329-73

Equus Flight^t⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: James Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 111

6/1

Well beaten in a maiden hurdle latest start, isn't progressing and is a hard ride at the best of times. May do better for the switch to fences but in truth, will have to.

Form: P/22235-

One More Tune^p,t²⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 10-8| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon| OR: 98

14/1

Winner of a few minor point-to-points in his time and likes fast ground, but has been going nowhere quickly for a while and only of interest as he now switches to a professional trainer for the first time in a while. Still hard to fancy.

Form: 4/UPPF-P

Forecasts

Sackett (4/5), Nativegetaway (9/4), Equus Flight (6/1), One More Tune (14/1)

Nativegetaway is going to prove an interesting opponent for SACKETT if he jumps with fluency on his chasing debut as he's open to plenty of improvement, and to that end the application of cheekpieces is an interesting one, but the latter has the experience and that can prove the key factor in him coming out on top today. Equus Flight may yet do better over fences but the addition of the tongue tie is more of a worry than a plus.