Sky Sports Racing Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:21 | Winning time: 7m 19.0s

Fizzlestix^t1⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Joshua Moore| T: C Gordon| OR: 94| D

3/1

1-10 over hurdles and having second start here over fences having shown some ability when prominent until weakened 2 out and eventually well beaten at Haydock last time. Should know more now and 4lb lower mark helps the cause. Tongue-tie first time.

Form: 32/65P0

Chivers⁴³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: N F Houlihan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Steele| OR: 94

9/1

Won two staying Flat handicaps for current yard prior to joining Gary Moore who won with hime in Fontwell 2m2f h'cap hurdle last season. Fair second there last time but has nearly a mile further to travel here and stamina will be tested.

Form: 3-3U252

Midnight Calamity^p¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Harry Kimber⁽⁷⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 91

8/1

Poor form first two starts this season and took second at Ludlow latest after six other rivals failed to finish. Flattered by that form figure and doesn't look obviously well weighted on handicap debut stepping up in trip.

Form: 61/2-042

Mount Oliver^p¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-1| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 83| D

7/4

Stayed on well to land Fontwell 3m2f h'cap chase on heavy ground over two years ago but has had just four starts since after injury. Respectable runs of late though and not out of this with 7lb claim helping his cause.

Form: U13/723

Dont Be Robin^p¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Rex Dingle⁽³⁾| T: Mrs R Ford| OR: 80| D

3/1

Often gets into the shake-up but has just 1-24 successes to his name. Stays the trip but best efforts have come on a better surface. That said, was not disgraced in soft ground when third at Wincanton last time.

Form: U24403

Burgess Dream^p⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 10-5| J: Page Fuller⁽³⁾| T: Miss A M Newton-Smith| OR: 73| D

14/1

3-4 during purple patch in 2018 but has very much lost his way since and pulled up last two starts over both hurdles and fences. Plenty to prove on recent evidence and is hard to enthuse over.

Form: P575PP

Forecasts

Mount Oliver (7/4), Fizzlestix (3/1), Dont Be Robin (3/1), Midnight Calamity (8/1), Chivers (9/1), Burgess Dream (14/1)

Solid form is pretty thin on the ground in this contest so FIZZLESTIX, having just his second start over fences, is taken to land the spoils. The top weight has a first-time tongue-tie which may help and ran well for a long way at Haydock last time. Mount Oliver has clearly had issues and doesn't stand much racing but has shaped with some promise on his last two runs and may again go close, while Dont Be Robin is often in the thck of it but is a rare scorer and Chivers, who has ability, has stamina to prove at this trip.