Anne And Russell Dennis 80th Birthday Celebrations Mares' Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 6m 37.0s

Chequered View²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: L P Aspell| T: M Keighley| OR: 109

7/1

Ended last season with victory in Fakenham novice handicap chase (2m5f, good to soft; 5-2f) on sole try over these obstacles. Mare perfectly entitled to have need recent return over timber and should have more to say now back over fences.

Form: 31831-4

Chasma⁶⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 109

9/4

She's got a 4-14 record over fences, with two of those wins back in the spring at Newcastle and Sedgefield over 2m4f/2m5f. Goes up in distance on first start for trainer Dan Skelton and no shock if she runs well.

Form: 53113-7

Midnight Folie³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Ben Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 105| BF| CD

10/11

Racking up wins in point-to-points during 2018/19 and then recorded three-timer back under rules (including C&D chase) in eight days last month. Beaten at odds-on at Ffos Las on Thursday, though that was over 2m4f, from this rating. Chance again.

Form: 111112

The Overflow⁶³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: M G Nolan| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR: 90

40/1

Dual point-to-point winner who was unplaced in there runs over hurdles, she ran a poor race on chase bow in Exeter novice (3m, good to soft; 66-1) in November and hasn't been sighted since.

Form: 50553-5

Ann Maries Reject¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: C J Gray| OR: 73

16/1

Pulled up behind Midnight Folie over C&D last month, 10-year-old has since finished 2L third at Worcester (2m7f, good to firm in places) as a 66-1 outsider. Wouldn't be a certainty to repeat that effort from 10lb out of the handicap.

Form: 2-433P3

Gilly Grace^p³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Bryony Frost| T: J D Frost| OR: 72| C

20/1

Breakthrough chase winner here in May (2m5f, good; 13-2) off a lowly rating, she was duly pulled up at Fontwell last month and looks up against it again on these terms.

Form: 5P54-1P

Forecasts

Midnight Folie (10/11), Chasma (9/4), Chequered View (7/1), Ann Maries Reject (16/1), Gilly Grace (20/1), The Overflow (40/1)

Midnight Folie's winning sequence was ended at Ffos Las on Thursday evening, though only narrowly. She goes back up in distance and is respected having showcased her ability to take plenty racing with last month's quick-fire treble. She's sure to short in the betting again and more value may be with Chequered View and CHASMA now. The former should be fitter for a recent hurdles run but it won't be any surprise should Dan Skelton get a tune from his new recruit first time out. She scored twice in the spring and could do well over this longer trip for her new, in-form yard.