16:45 Market Rasen

Friday 21 June 2019

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Unifeeder Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 5m 1.0s

Boy In A Bentley^p,t¹⁶⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: T Scudamore| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 106

13/2

Returns to action from a six month break, and hopefully that'll have sweetened him up a fraction; has a string of second placed chasing efforts on his CV (mainly 2m4f, good); not one to have maximum faith in.

Form: F22220-

Alexander The Grey^t³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Kielan Woods| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 104

5/1

His experiences over fences to date are almost exclusive to Stratford; runner up for the second time there last month (2m1f, good) when beaten 7L by King Cnut; possibilities despite being a 20-race maiden.

Form: 8623F-2

Impressive Duke³^{(ex 7)}

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Aidan Coleman| T: J H Black| OR: 89

5/6

Form in Irish point-to-points was mixed and had plenty to find after a modest effort on hurdles debut at Wexford. Blew that form out of the water when winning on rules chasing debut at Stratford (2m1f, soft) on Tuesday; carries 7lb extra.

Form: 0F/P29-1

Downloadtheapp¹⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Tom Cannon| T: D G Bridgwater| OR: 93

20/1

Posted a clear career best over hurdles (0-10) when beaten 5L by Love The Leader at Fontwell (3m2f, good) last November; more moderate since and returns to action over fences (debut) off a 177 day absence.

Form: 77/32P5-

St George's Oval^p,t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: L Treadwell| T: L Egerton| OR: 88| BF

14/1

18-race hurdles maiden who now embarks on a chasing career (debut); runner up to Istimraar over 2m here (good) on his penultimate start; others preferred.

Form: 5035-2P

Primogeniture^t³²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: Conor Shoemark| T: M Keighley| OR: 83

9/1

Yet to get his head in front over obstacles (0-16), and unconvincing over fences so far (0-3); 8lb lower than when a weakening third of four to Sir Dylan at Fontwell (2m2f, good) on his penultimate start.

Form: 34803-4

Kilmoganny^p,t³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: Katy Price| OR: 68

6/1

Lowly-rated maiden who is 'strongest' when allowed an uncontested lead; has regularly failed to see out his races at Huntingdon (2m4f-3m); a major surprise if he's good enough from so far out of the handicap.

Form: P933-P3

Writingsonthewall^t1²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 66

33/1

Has more letters than numbers on his CV (PFPU0PPP9); has struggled over hurdles, and switches to fences wearing a newly applied tongue-tie; very difficult to fancy on these terms.

Form: U0PPP-9

Non-Runners

Wild Sam³⁶

Weight: 11-2| Age: 9

T: I Jardine J: C O'Farrell

Forecasts

Impressive Duke (5/6), Wild Sam (5/2), Alexander The Grey (5/1), Kilmoganny (6/1), Boy In A Bentley (13/2), Primogeniture (9/1), St George's Oval (14/1), Downloadtheapp (20/1), Writingsonthewall (33/1)

A race stacked full of horses who can kindly be described as 'characters', with both Boy In A Bentley and Wild Sam a couple of the more obvious cases in point. Therefore, having won readily on rules chasing debut at Stratford on Tuesday (taken out at Uttoxeter on Wednesday), the James H Black-trained IMPRESSIVE DUKE represents the most logical option. Of the remainder, perhaps the Stratford regular Alexander The Grey is best placed to follow him home.