John And Audrey Kay Diamond Anniversary Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 6m 4.1s

Double Court⁴⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 12-1| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 112| CD

7/1

Completed a hat-trick at Perth in September but found fine run coming to an end with below par run at Fakenham last time. Recent wins have been on good to soft and has avoided heavy ground recently so this ground could be a problem.

Form: 211124

Nautical Twilight^b¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Alexander Fielding⁽¹⁰⁾| T: N B King| OR: 109| CD

15/8

After a spell in point-to-points she came back to win over C&D last month and probably found 3m stretching her stamina last time. Heavy ground no problem and this drop down in trip will be to her liking.

Form: 344-313

Top Decision^t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: R T Dunne| T: S Drinkwater| OR: 97

3/1

Pulled up at Ludlow last time but ran well for a long way and the drop back from 3m is certainly in his favour. Back on same mark as hurdles win a year ago and room for improvement in this sphere.

Form: P513-UP

Indian Native^p,t¹⁷⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales| OR: 95| D

2/1

Rare run on heavy ground but did win on such a surface in 2017. Recent form over hurdles is poor but now back over fences and handicapper has given him a real chance if she can bounce back (16lb lower than last run over fences a year ago).

Form: 2/676-45

Non-Runners

Ramore Will²⁰

Weight: 11-11| Age: 8

T: C Gordon J: Tom Cannon

Vodka Society⁵⁰⁰

Weight: 10-2| Age: 11

T: D P Dunne J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Nautical Twilight (15/8), Indian Native (2/1), Top Decision (3/1), Double Court (7/1), Ramore Will (20/1), Vodka Society (25/1)

None of these come here with ticks in all boxes and a tentative vote goes to TOP DECISION who found 3m too far on latest but ran well up to a point. Indian Native could be dangerous off this low mark for a yard who continue in form and Nautical Twilight, with conditions to suit completes the short list.