14:45 Southwell

Monday 24 June 2019

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Jigsaw Sports Branding Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 6m 35.00s

Potters Story^b,t²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-1| J: James Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 122| BF

16/1

Remains with one convincing chase effort to his name but two pulled up efforts (the most recent last time out) leave him with questions to answer. Apparently lost his action when last seen; has won off this mark over hurdles, best watched for now.

Form: 1/03P-3P

Goodthyneaway^t³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 121| BF| C

5/1

Found his resurgent run of form this spring (won three chases) coming to a grinding halt last time (race coming too soon). Now back from a short break but over a trip that looks sure to test his stamina with the handicapper not relenting.

Form: U11-313

Three Colours Red²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 119

10/1

Confirmed the promise of his reappearance/stable debut when winning his third race from his last four starts at Warwick last time (first success away from Worcester). Chase debut now off a 7lb higher mark; stays well, chance if he jumps well.

Form: 6/311-41

Ratfacemcdougall^p1³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Max Kendrick⁽⁵⁾| T: B I Case| OR: 119| BF| D

5/1

Cheekpieces now tried on this winning pointer who has two hurdles wins to his name before returning to fences last time. That proves to be useful form although he remains high enough in the weights (jumping could do with brushing up also).

Form: 04181-3

The Jam Man⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Aidan Coleman| T: R McNally| OR: 114| C

9/4

Was thriving when recording a hurdles win here (2m4f) but it's been downhill for the most part since then in races over a mixture of hurdles/fences. Ran no sort of race over fences last time (first-time cheekpieces); jumped with no fluency at all.

Form: 2F9P-07

Atomic Rumble^p1,t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: S Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 114| BF

9/2

Useful sort over hurdles (closely weighted with The Drone on their hurdles form here) he wasn't given an ideal scenario on his chasing debut (trip inadequate; 2m4f). Now given a proper test he's expected to show more this time around.

Form: 7653-23

Real Warrior¹⁸⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Adam Wedge| T: C T Pogson| OR: 113| D

12/1

A mixed bag from his chasing starts so far; has shown some aptitude for the sphere despite being pulled up the last twice. Failed to see out the 2m5f trip at Market Rasen last time and likely to find this 3m too much of a test.

Form: 1P3/2PP-

Will O'The West¹¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: Laura Morgan| OR: 112

14/1

Only his fourth run for this yard which have a good record of turning types like this around but his previous chasing exploits were unconvincing when with Henry Daly. Second run back from a wind op but hard to build a persuasive case for him.

Form: 232995-

Scartare^p²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Mrs R Gasson| OR: 91

9/1

Certainly consistent over fences having finished second on all bar one of his starts in this sphere (nothing wrong with his attitude). Still a long-term maiden though with this grade likely to test him from out of the weights; place chance at best.

Form: 3522-22

Non-Runners

The Drone⁴¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 8

T: A M Hales J: Kielan Woods

Forecasts

The Jam Man (9/4), The Drone (4/1), Atomic Rumble (9/2), Goodthyneaway (5/1), Ratfacemcdougall (5/1), Scartare (9/1), Three Colours Red (10/1), Real Warrior (12/1), Will O'The West (14/1), Potters Story (16/1)

Quite a mixed bag with the some of the field either returning to fences or facing this sort of test for the first time. ATOMIC RUMBLE doesn’t really fit into either category but his hurdles form has shown him capable off this mark and he’ll be much more at home given this sort of test. He has to reverse his previous hurdles defeat by The Drone who returns to fences attempting to complete a course hat-trick; he will provide good opposition. Three Colours Red is another hurdler who has been in winning form and he switches to fences of what looks a workable mark. Scartare and Ratfacemcdougall are two others to consider.