Star Sports Owner's Club 20K Guarantee Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 4m 49.56s

Go Long²⁴⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 12-2| J: S Bowen| T: Evan Williams| OR: 122

3/1

Winner of 2m Hereford novice chase in January 2019. Posted best effort of last season on final run of that campaign, runner-up in a Catterick handicap off 2 lb lower, and he's one to consider.

Form: 3/59682-

Finnegan's Garden²⁷⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Page Fuller| T: Miss Z C Davison| OR: 118| CD

20/1

Good strike rate over fences (10-30) and ended last season on a high, landing heavy-ground handicaps at Lingfield and Plumpton. However, more needed on return here off a career-high mark.

Form: 313311-

Go Steady^t²⁴⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Bridget Andrews| T: D Skelton| OR: 116

4/1

Low-mileage 8-y-o who made it 3-4 over fences by landing a 7-runner handicap chase at Hereford (20.9f, soft) when last seen in March. Up 6 lb, but there may be more to come from him this season.

Form: 081311-

Churchtown Glen³⁹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: James Davies| T: Miss M P Bryant| OR: 112

80/1

Fair ex-Irish hurdler/chaser for Michael Winters. Makes yard debut now after 13 months off and needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 3223F6-

Bad Boy Du Pouldu^t¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: T P Queally| T: G & J Moore| OR: 109| CD

5/2

Mark dropped after 3 underwhelming efforts last term and back on-song this season, runner-up on return here (19.5f) in October before going one better over C&D 16 days ago. 7 lb rise looks fair.

Form: 5/8U4-21

Haldon Hill³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: R P McLernon| T: V R A Dartnall| OR: 106

10/3

Bumper winner who showed ability over hurdles. However, yet to pull up any trees in this sphere, failing to beat a rival home on return in a 7-runner Uttoxeter handicap chase last month.

Form: 424U5-7

Shintori²⁵⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Jack Barber| OR: 102| CWS

7/1

Scored for third time over fences on last season's reappearance at Plumpton. Just 1 lb above that winning mark back from an 8-month break (has undergone a wind op), but he's not the most reliable.

Form: 51/1444-

Forecasts

Bad Boy Du Pouldu (5/2), Go Long (3/1), Haldon Hill (10/3), Go Steady (4/1), Shintori (7/1), Finnegan's Garden (20/1), Churchtown Glen (80/1)

Assuming that they're ready to roll, GO LONG and Go Steady may well come to the fore in this contest. The latter is 3-4 over fences and is not passed over lightly, but Go Long took a step firmly back in the right direction at Catterick when last seen in March and remains on a potentially handy mark. Bad Boy du Pouldu did the job well over C&D last time but his record has a patchy look to it.