18:20 Newton Abbot

Tuesday 25 June 2019

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David Chillery Continues Celebrating His Divorce Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 18:20 | Winning time: 6m 30.70s

This Breac^h⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Bryony Le Clerc| T: J D Frost| OR: 99

20/1

Just raced the three times under rules but wins his fair share of point-to-points. Creditable effort when second in a hunter's chase at Fontwell last time out and certainly can't be ruled out easily.

Form: 31PP-32

Definately Vinnie²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Miss Jane Mathias| OR: 97| D

10/1

Solid enough chaser but over 500 days since his last victory. Recent form has been steady, placed twice around this trip at Warwick. Deserves another win but may be too high in the weights currently.

Form: 20U5-22

The Boom Is Back¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: T J O'Brien| T: Christian Williams| OR: 94| BF

11/2

Put in one of his better displays last time out at Ffos Las, not beaten far in a handicap around this distance. Would need to improve slightly though to play a leading role.

Form: 087P8-2

Skinflint²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Bryan Carver⁽⁷⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 94

5/1

Back with David Pipe after a spell point-to-pointing (won 2-5). Makes chase debut here but showed little over hurdles to suggest he would be ready to win first time up against some more experienced rivals.

Form: 214-11F

Trumps Benefit³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: James Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 93

10/1

Chase debut but has been point-to-pointing (won 1 in 7). Hurdles form is nothing to write home about and best watched on this occasion.

Form: 1638-43

Midnight Folie⁵^{(ex 7)}

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 85

10/11

Won well at Ffos Las five days ago after winning five point-to-point races on the spin. Front running style will be suited to this track and others may struggle to reach her if she builds up a decent lead. The one to beat.

Form: 1-11111

Seero³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Miss A Goschen⁽⁷⁾| T: Amaryllis Goschen| OR: 87

40/1

Unfancied and well beaten on both his chase starts. Still to get off the mark in point-to point events as well. No real chance.

Form: 3253/4-3

Mogestic^p²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: James Best| T: J W Mullins| OR: 87| BF| CD

25/1

Hampered and tailed off on chase debut at this track last month. You need to go back a long way to find any hurdle form that could translate to over fences. Not really a betting proposition unless market speaks in his favour.

Form: 7986-35

Atlantic King¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: C Gethings| T: K Bishop| OR: 84

66/1

A forgetable run at Chepstow on the flat was preceded by three uninspiring point-to-point runs. Had reasonable chase form back in 2017 but unlikely to be good enough here.

Form: 3P4/6UP-

Kingston Mimosa^v²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: Fergus Gillard⁽⁷⁾| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 81

14/1

Reasonably consistent chaser of late including when placing over 2m5f at this track last time out. Overall level of form makes him an unlikely winner but capable of running into some place prize money.

Form: 732-323

Ann Maries Reject¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Miss N Parker⁽⁷⁾| T: C J Gray| OR: 65

40/1

Has some reasonable point-to-pointer form but rarely wins. Previous hurdle form under rules was average at best and difficult to make a case for.

Form: P42-433

Non-Runners

Ballycahane²⁹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 10

T: M Sheppard J: Stan Sheppard

Forecasts

Midnight Folie (10/11), Skinflint (5/1), The Boom Is Back (11/2), Definately Vinnie (10/1), Trumps Benefit (10/1), Kingston Mimosa (14/1), This Breac (20/1), Mogestic (25/1), Ballycahane (25/1), Ann Maries Reject (40/1), Seero (40/1), Atlantic King (66/1)

The front-running MIDNIGHT FOLIE may be hard to peg back especially in such a weak field with question marks about plenty of his rivals. This Breac is lightly raced under rules and put in a fine effort at Fontwell last time out. He may give the selection most to do. Definately Vinnie and Kingston Mimosa may be the ones chasing them home given their overall consistency.