15:20 Hereford

Friday 3 January 2020

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MansionBet Proud To Support British Racing Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:26 | Winning time: 7m 0.81s

Hepburn^b1,t²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: James Bowen| T: A Stronge| OR: 98

12/1

Maiden over fences but ran plenty of solid races along the way. May have needed her reappearance when fourth over hurdles over insufficient 2m4f so reasons to be positive here and certainly an each-way candidate.

Form: 47333-4

Kilcrea Bridge^p,t⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: R T Dunne| T: R G Hawker| OR: 96| BF

9/4

Over a year since lone win but excellent effort in defeat over 3m2½f at Taunton latest off this mark puts him firmly in the picture now. Leading candidate here.

Form: 4257-53

Petronella Manners⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Hugh Nugent⁽⁵⁾| T: H D Daly| OR: 93

16/1

Long-standing maiden ran a race not without promise despite one particularly bad blunder 5 out on chase debut at Huntingdon. More needed here and trip a doubt.

Form: 258-774

Cap Horner^p1²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Daniel Sansom⁽³⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 93

20/1

Pulled-up two starts ago, and produced a similarly lifeless display when tailed-off at Huntingdon (2m7f; good to soft) at the start of the month. Mark has dropped to a favourable one, but he cannot be recommended when in such poor form.

Form: 62-40P7

Cock A Doodle Doo³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 93

25/1

Poor record over hurdles (1-22) and two relatively uninspiring efforts over fences so far at Ludlow and here. Track top trainer representative but that one of few obvious positives.

Form: 952-258

Misty Mai²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: S Bowen| T: D A Rees| OR: 90| BF| CD

3/1

C&D winner last March and placed in all three starts this season including back here latest when a shade disappointing as favourite. Still showed enough there to merit respect today and suggest he wasn't quite at his best.

Form: 54P-233

Heresmynumber^p,t²⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: Adam Wedge| T: A Stronge| OR: 89

11/2

Only ran once over fences since falling at Chepstow in early 2018. Adequate return over hurdles on Boxing Day and overall 2-6 record over fences offers some cause for optimism here.

Form: F/554P-3

Onurbike^p,t⁴²

Age: 12| Weight: 11-1| J: Lee Edwards| T: J G O'Neill| OR: 87

16/1

Off the mark at the 16th time of asking at Chepstow (3m2f) before following up at Bangor (3m) and Uttoxeter (3m). Shade disappointing latest at Ffos Las but remains a respected contender here.

Form: P51-117

Ballybreen^b1³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 76

16/1

Point-to-point winner in March but never a factor in three hurdles and four chases since and pulled up at Ludlow latest. Blinkers tried but will have to have dramatic effect.

Form: 98-783P

The Last Bridge^p,t²⁹

Age: 13| Weight: 10-4| J: J E Moore| T: Mrs S Johnson| OR: 76| D

40/1

Eight-time winner but seems to be slowing down now with almost two years since his last win and this his first race as a teenager.

Form: 742-80P

Eaton Miller⁵²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Benjamin Poste| T: T Symonds| OR: 71| BF

9/1

Far from reliable but his Huntingdon win last April would give him a chance and after three straight incompletions he ran reasonably well here latest after a break.

Form: 13-BUP5

Non-Runners

Ector⁴²

Weight: 10-7| Age: 6

T: W Greatrex J: R Johnson

Forecasts

Kilcrea Bridge (9/4), Misty Mai (3/1), Ector (5/1), Heresmynumber (11/2), Eaton Miller (9/1), Hepburn (12/1), Ballybreen (16/1), Onurbike (16/1), Petronella Manners (16/1), Cap Horner (20/1), Cock A Doodle Doo (25/1), The Last Bridge (40/1)

Richard Johnson hasn't come here for a day out so his only ride ECTOR must be well fancied and it's easy to see why after an unfortunate defeat latest when hampered by a loose horse. This lightly-raced maiden could now be ready to strike. Recent Taunton second Kilcrea Bridge and C&D winner Misty Mai are also highly respected.