14:15 Kelso

Monday 27 January 2020

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racingtv.com/freetrial Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 4m 31.60s

Empire De Maulde^p1⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: J Ewart| OR: 118| D

11/2

Multiple bumper/hurdles winner (6-12); fenced moderately when finishing last of seven on chasing debut at Carlisle (2m3f, good to soft) six weeks ago; cheekpieces are now applied.

Form: 4/3711-7

Reverant Cust^t²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Henry Brooke| T: P Atkinson| OR: 116

13/2

Scored for the second time over fences at Catterick (1m7½f, good to soft) on his penultimate start when beating Fort De L'Ocean by ¾L; no obvious excuses for a poor run back there on New Year's Day.

Form: 345-616

Manetti²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Lucy Alexander| T: N W Alexander| OR: 113| D

4/1

Dropped back in trip (to 2m) when getting off the mark over fences at the eighth attempt at Ayr (heavy) three weeks ago; looks to be fairly treated with a 5lb weights rise; fingers crossed his jumping holds up again.

Form: 454-4P1

Halcyon Days^p⁷⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-7| J: C O'Farrell| T: R Menzies| OR: 113

18/1

Struggling from halfway and was eventually pulled-up on seasonal reappearance over C&D (heavy) in November; better than bare performance (is game and genuine) but sits plenty high enough in the handicap at present.

Form: 2214-7P

Celtic Flames^p²³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 109| D

15/2

Posted a promising comeback run (third) over hurdles at Hexham (2m4f, heavy) in December; led close home when beating Middlebrow by 1¾L over fences (off this mark) at Musselburgh (2m1f. good to soft) in March 2018; stablemate of Timesawaiting.

Form: 4/541-35

Article Fifty^t⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Jonathon Bewley⁽³⁾| T: G Bewley| OR: 107

16/1

With Dan Skelton when making all to win a Market Rasen maiden hurdle (2m7f, good) in June 2019; in the process of running a fair race when falling four out on chasing debut at Ayr (2m4½f); pulled-up over hurdles since.

Form: 0-315FP

Timesawaiting^p1,t²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 94

25/1

Seven-race maiden with unappealing recent form figures (POP); 4lb lower than when making his rules chasing debut at Musselburgh (2m4½f) 24 days ago; cheekpieces are now added to tongue-tie; stablemate of Celtic Flames.

Form: 470-P0P

Lastin' Memories^b1²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: Miss S E Forster| OR: 92| BF

15/8

Consistent throughout the duration of 2019 (without winning) and has made the frame on all three starts over fences; lost little in defeat (staying on second) to the subsequent Newcastle scorer Dunly at Ayr (2m, heavy) three weeks ago; blinkers on.

Form: 326-232

Forecasts

Lastin' Memories (15/8), Manetti (4/1), Empire De Maulde (11/2), Reverant Cust (13/2), Celtic Flames (15/2), Article Fifty (16/1), Halcyon Days (18/1), Timesawaiting (25/1)

Manetti finally got his act together over fences when winning with a fair bit in hand at Ayr (2m, heavy) three weeks ago, and a subsequent 5lb rise in the weights can be considered lenient. However, with the fences coming up thick and fast at this much sharper track he'll need to be on his mettle throughout or risk being undone by his achilles heel (fencing). Therefore, we'll cautiously elect to side with the consistent LASTIN' MEMORIES. Runner-up to the recent Newcastle scorer Dunly on his third start over fences at Ayr, his connections seek an extra edge with newly-applied blinkers (nothing wrong with his temperament whatsoever).