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Wednesday 21 October 2020

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HOTSR Celebrates 25 Years Of Winners Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 4m 44.07s

Darebin^v³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-1| J: Tom Cheesman⁽⁵⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 112| CD

6/1

Not on a going day when fourth over fences on his last 2 starts but he is a dangerous one to discount given he's now 5 lb lower than when scoring at Kempton at similar time last year.

Form: 134P-44

Atomix²¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: T J O'Brien| T: Noel Williams| OR: 111

4/1

Bumper/hurdle winner for Peter Niven. Off 28 months before returning for new yard in February but he did show he retains ability when second over hurdles in March. Goes back chasing on reappearance.

Form: 2816/52-

Robin Des Mana²⁸²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr P York⁽⁵⁾| T: P York| OR: 109

40/1

Ffos Las winner last November but more miss than hit in general last term and a watching brief is the percentage call after 9 months off.

Form: 665154-

Cave Top^v1²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: R T Dunne| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 106

11/2

Pulled up over hurdles on reappearance but was runner-up off 7 lb higher in a chase last term so he could have a say if a first-time visor and return to fences spark him back to life.

Form: PPP24-P

Away For Slates^h¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽⁵⁾| T: M F Harris| OR: 105| C

8/1

Three-time chase winner as novice but failed to add to tally last term and he was last of 5 on his C&D reappearance 18 days ago.

Form: 4UU33-5

Red Devil Star^t²²⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: R P McLernon| T: A Wintle| OR: 103| CD

14/1

Fairly useful a couple of years back but hard to get excited by his recent effort in points/under Rules, pulling up on his last 4 starts. Would need to see market support to consider on yard debut.

Form: U5/PPPP-

Bad Boy Du Pouldu^t¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Joshua Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 102| CD

2/1

Mark dropped after 3 underwhelming efforts last season and he took a step back in the right direction when going close on 19.5f course return 18 days ago. Taken to go one better now.

Form: 75/8U4-2

Royal Plaza^t⁴⁶

12/1

Took advantage of drop in the weights to resume winning ways in a weak race over fences at Worcester last autumn but has struggled since. Wind op since latest start needs to make difference.

Form: 15P-788

Brother Bennett^p,t²²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Page Fuller| T: Miss Z C Davison| OR: 83| CD

16/1

Temperamental sort who took advantage of a drop in the weights to spring a surprise over C&D in January. Not in same form when distant fourth back here in March. Been off for 7 months.

Form: 2/34614-

Non-Runners

O'Rahilly²²⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 8

T: Miss Z C Davison J: James Davies

Forecasts

Bad Boy Du Pouldu (2/1), Atomix (4/1), Cave Top (11/2), Darebin (6/1), Away For Slates (8/1), O'Rahilly (10/1), Royal Plaza (12/1), Red Devil Star (14/1), Brother Bennett (16/1), Robin Des Mana (40/1)

BAD BOY DU POULDU looks the most solid option after his good reappearance run over a slightly longer trip here at the beginning of the month. Atomix showed an aptitude for chasing on his sole previous start over fences and is a possible threat, while the selection's stablemate Darebin is fairly treated if staging a revival.