15:25 Sedgefield

Sunday 18 October 2020

All14:1514:5015:2516:0016:3317:1017:40

Paxtons For Kverneland Full Range Beginners' Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 4m 54.40s

Evander²⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Quinlan| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 125| C

3/1

Quickly made into a fairly useful hurdler last season, signing off with win in 21f novice here. Goes chasing now and warrants lots of respect.

Form: 1/221U1-

Informateur²¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Sam Coltherd| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 128| C

8/1

Fairly useful hurdler who landed handicap hurdle here in February. Returns over fences now and not discounted for good yard.

Form: 012417-

Lord Napier^p,t³²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Brendan Powell| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 140| C

9/1

Useful hurdler at his best but only twice raced last term when well below par. Back from 10 months off here for chasing bow with bit to prove.

Form: 3165/P0-

Ming Dynasty^t⁷⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: C Gethings| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 135

11/1

Useful Irish hurdler who shaped well on his chasing bow when fifth at Tipperary only to fall heavily at Galway only run since. Tongue strap back on and in the mix here.

Form: 409-05F

Mr Muldoon^p³⁰³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 132

4/1

Made it 3-5 over hurdles last season with success in 21f handicap hurdle at Ascot (heavy) in December. Has 10-month absence to overcome but in excellent hands so not taken lightly on his chase debut.

Form: 2/11321-

Overcourt²¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Ryan Mania| T: A M Thomson| OR: 120

12/1

Fairly useful hurdler who ended last season firmly on the up with 20f handicap wins at Musselburgh and Newcastle. Another chasing debutant who is well worth considering.

Form: 885311-

Shantaluze^h³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 125

14/1

Dual 2m hurdle winner in 2018. Failed to build on chasing debut promise when only fifth of 7 in novice chase at Hexham (15.6f) 33 days ago. Hood retried now with bit to prove now.

Form: 115P/25

Show Promise²⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby| BF| D

28/1

Fairly useful form when scoring over hurdles at Catterick in January but only seventh of 9 in bumper (6/4) at Newcastle only run since. Goes over fences now and needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 822/217-

Swaffham Bulbeck²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Henry Brooke| T: B Ellison| OR: 132| C

10/3

Landed back-to-back 2m wins over hurdles here this summer, showing fairly useful form. Goes over fences now and yard took this contest 12 months ago so he's well worth a second look.

Form: 41-5118

Forecasts

Evander (3/1), Swaffham Bulbeck (10/3), Mr Muldoon (4/1), Informateur (8/1), Lord Napier (9/1), Ming Dynasty (11/1), Overcourt (12/1), Shantaluze (14/1), Show Promise (28/1)

Preference in an intriguing chase is for MR MULDOON who signed off for last term with a ready hurdle win at Ascot and is fancied to go in at the first time of asking over fences for the in-form Dr Richard Newland team. Informateur is another greatly respected fencing debutant along with Swaffham Bulbeck who represents last year's winning connections and is a dual course winner over hurdles too.