Vertem Eider Handicap Chase

5YO plus | Class 2 | 4m 1f 56y | 12 Runners | Turf

Odds by:

Live Odds

Odds

Petite Power

Calipso Collonges

Very First Time

Hugo 'n Taz

Prime Venture

Donna's Delight

Alminar

Glittering Love

Financial Outcome

Fortified Bay

Shanroe Santos

Ascot De Bruyere

SP Book Percentage 124.1

Forecasts

Petite Power (5/1), Calipso Collonges (11/2), Very First Time (6/1), Hugo 'n Taz (7/1), Prime Venture (7/1), Donna's Delight (10/1), Alminar (10/1), Glittering Love (10/1), Financial Outcome (10/1), Fortified Bay (14/1), Shanroe Santos (16/1), Ascot De Bruyere (25/1)

This isn't a vintage renewal of the Eider Chase. Top-weight Prime Venture has the required skill-set for the forecast testing conditions (fourth in the Welsh and Midlands Nationals) along with the Classic Chase third Petite Power. However, the door is ajar for an up-and-coming chaser. The Lincolnshire National winner Hugo 'n Taz has proved a shrewd acquisition for David Pipe, while another clean-winded runner DONNA'S DELIGHT could well deliver the goods for his locally-based owner. A brother to the 4m winner Knockanrawley, Sandy Thomson's charge remains on an attractive handicap mark after ploughing through the mud to score at Ayr (3m3f) five weeks ago.