14:40 Plumpton

Monday 19 October 2020

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Nick Embiricos Memorial 2020 Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:43 | Winning time: 4m 58.25s

Magic River^t,v⁴⁵⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: James Best| T: M F Harris| OR: 100| BF

8/1

Off the mark over fences at Stratford (19.5f) in July of last year. Below that level when fourth over same C&D later that month and not seen since, but warrants respect on return.

Form: 72F/414-

Simon The Great^h⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Rex Dingle⁽³⁾| T: Ella Pickard| OR: 95

7/2

Encouraging third on chase debut/return at Stratford (17f) in August. Not in same form at Southwell since but must enter calculations here.

Form: P645-34

Battleofthesomme^p²²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Page Fuller| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 86

3/1

Won 2m novice handicap chase at Southwell and Uttoxeter handicap hurdle on first 2 starts for this yard last autumn. Disappointed later in the season but always possible a break will have revived.

Form: 11P34P-

Kapsize^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Tom Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 84

11/4

Respectable effort when third of 8 in handicap chase at Warwick (20f, good) last month and now 3 lb lower, so merits consideration.

Form: 56-PP53

Gustav^b1²¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-5| J: James Davies| T: Miss Z C Davison| OR: 79

22/1

Offered little since taking a handicap chase at Exeter in April 2018 and hopes may rest on first-time blinkers back from 7 months off.

Form: 318/PP6-

Hab Sab^v²²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Dave Crosse| T: Mrs L C Jewell| OR: 76| CD

13/2

Belatedly off the mark when landing 9-runner handicap chase over C&D (soft) in March. 4 lb higher now but can't be ruled out on return.

Form: PP3/9P1-

Pierlow^b1⁶²

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: G Howell| OR: 73| D

40/1

Very lightly-raced under Rules in recent years and made little impact on return from 7 months off at Fontwell in August. 1 lb out of the handicap, first-time blinkers applied.

Form: 446/75-P

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

Sandford Castle²

Weight: 10-2| Age: 10

T: J Farrelly J: Non Runner

Dalkadam²²⁵

Weight: 10-2| Age: 9

T: J R Jenkins J: T Scudamore

Forecasts

Kapsize (11/4), Battleofthesomme (3/1), Simon The Great (7/2), Hab Sab (13/2), Dalkadam (13/2), Magic River (8/1), Sandford Castle (12/1), Gustav (22/1), Pierlow (40/1)

All have questions to answer here, but preference is for SIMON THE GREAT, who has had a break since his disappointing Southwell effort and remains low-mileage in this sphere. Kapsize and Magic River should also make their presence felt.