13:15 Worcester

Wednesday 23 October 2019

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Richard Davis Memorial Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap)

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 5m 42.20s

Supremely Lucky²⁰⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 133| D

5/1

Registered a 9L victory in a novice hurdle over an extended 2m7f at Uttoxeter (good) at the end of March. Represents a leading yard and is one for the shortlist on chase and seasonal debut.

Form: 144421-

Diger Daudaie^t²²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: R Johnson| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 131| D

4/1

Winner of a heavy ground handicap hurdle over an extended 2m7f at Uttoxeter off a mark of 125 in March. Top jockey booked to ride on debut over fences.

Form: 1/51431-

Worthy Farm²¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Harry Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 130| BF

6/1

Victorious in a handicap hurdle over an extended 2m7f at Ascot (good-to-soft) on his penultimate start. Disappointed at Kelso (3m2f, good) last time out and is an interesting runner switched to fences on seasonal debut.

Form: 3/31017-

Head To The Stars¹⁶⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Hugh Nugent⁽⁵⁾| T: H D Daly| OR: 125

22/1

Dual winner over hurdles but has failed to shine in four starts over fences so far including when 24L fourth over 3m at Ludlow (good) in May. Probably best watched on return from a break.

Form: 2P/FP5-4

Bootlegger^p¹⁶⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: R T Dunne| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 125| D

33/1

Maiden hurdle winner over an extended 2m6f Thurles (good) in February. Cheekpieces worn for the first time that day retained since and interesting to see how he performs on stable debut having finished well beaten on first chase start in May.

Form: 9510-5

Fleminport³⁰⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 125

14/1

Successful twice over hurdles in early 2018 and placed second, beaten 14L in a 3m handicap chase at Bangor (soft) last December. Interesting on first start since finishing fourth at Chepstow (soft) later that month.

Form: 114/624-

Know The Score^t²¹⁸

9/2

Had wind surgery since finishing third in a small field 3m handicap hurdle at Wetherby (soft) in March. Cheekpieces worn for the first time that day are dispensed with here but tongue tie is retained for this chase debut.

Form: 10/3133-

Dentley De Mee^p²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: David Bass| T: Nick Williams| OR: 122

6/1

Placed on four of his eight chase starts so far and ran well to finish fourth in a 3m handicap contest on seasonal debut at Warwick (good) earlier this month. Worth a check in the market back in novice company.

Form: 44234-4

Chinensis²²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 120WS

5/1

Winner of three point-to-points during the 2017/18 season and placed third, beaten 14L on Rules debut at Lingfield (2m7f) in January. Struggled next start and debuts over fences having had wind surgery since his most recent outing.

Form: 411/134-

Non-Runners

Sam Brown⁶⁷⁴

Weight: 11-8| Age: 7

T: A J Honeyball J: Aidan Coleman

Neachells Bridge¹⁹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: N P Mulholland J: R T Dunne

Forecasts

Diger Daudaie (4/1), Know The Score (9/2), Supremely Lucky (5/1), Chinensis (5/1), Dentley De Mee (6/1), Worthy Farm (6/1), Sam Brown (15/2), Neachells Bridge (10/1), Fleminport (14/1), Head To The Stars (22/1), Bootlegger (33/1)

SUPREMELY LUCKY can make his first start over fences a winning one by taking this novices' handicap event. The selection can see off Diger Daudaie who is another making his first start over fences here while Worthy Farm can finish third on chase debut and first outing since wind surgery.