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Saturday 7 November 2020

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Belhaven Best Wishing Well Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:44 | Winning time: 5m 35.45s

Tanarpino^p¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 130

11/1

Well-established handicap chaser who looked as good as ever when making a winning return in a Carlisle handicap. Back up in the weights now, so vulnerable to less-exposed types.

Form: 40432-1

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Almazhar Garde²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 130

11/2

Won twice as a novice last term and did enough to suggest he'd returned in form when fifth at Wetherby 24 days ago. Should strip fitter for that and mark still seems fair.

Form: 61F15-5

River Frost²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam| OR: 129

6/1

Returned to form from out of the blue to land a Sedgefield handicap in August and not disgraced back over hurdles there next time. Still reasonably treated on past exploits.

Form: 44-8P14

Bafana Blue^p1,t²³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Ross Chapman| T: M A Barnes| OR: 127

25/1

Did very well over fences last season, winning 4 of 6 starts. Not quite at that level this season but performed respectably at Carlisle recently and cheekpieces could perk him up.

Form: 114-266

Looks Like Murt³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Blair Campbell⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 127| BF| C

11/4

Course winner who returns to chasing on an appealing mark and warrants consideration having shown his well-being when second in a novice hurdle here on return.

Form: 1FU25-2

Raecius Felix³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Henry Brooke| T: R Menzies| OR: 123| CD

7/1

Maiden hurdler who has already proven a better chaser and completed a double with another efficient display at Sedgefield a month ago, hanging on grimly. May improve further.

Form: P2-0411

Get Out The Gate⁵²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Bewley| T: A M Thomson| OR: 122

14/1

Winning hurdler/chaser for Jim Goldie who failed to make an impact either start for Gordon Elliott and certainly hasn't looked back in form for current yard.

Form: 63-6079

Voix D'Eau^p,t⁶¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 122

40/1

Well handicapped judged on 2018 form but hard to make much of a case for based on this season's efforts.

Form: 50U/2-4P

Capard King²⁸⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 11-1| J: Ryan Mania| T: A M Thomson| OR: 119

16/1

Veteran chaser took advantage of much-reduced mark for new yard at Newcastle last winter. Failed to reproduce that in 2 subsequent outings but 9 months off may have done him good.

Form: UP/3136-

Exit To Where^p,t³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine| OR: 112| C

4/1

Went winless for Lucinda Russell despite some good efforts but wasted no time opening his account for new stable at this course in October. More to come as he steps up in grade.

Form: 2P345-1

Damiens Dilemma^p¹⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 10-3| J: Sam Coltherd⁽³⁾| T: W Coltherd| OR: 107| C

22/1

Veteran who made all on his first couple of outings this season. Averagely treated as a result and put up a dismal display at Carlisle last time.

Form: 21P-11P

Forecasts

Looks Like Murt (11/4), Exit To Where (4/1), Almazhar Garde (11/2), River Frost (6/1), Raecius Felix (7/1), Tanarpino (11/1), Get Out The Gate (14/1), Capard King (16/1), Damiens Dilemma (22/1), Bafana Blue (25/1), Voix D'Eau (40/1)

EXIT TO WHERE jumped superbly when making a winning debut for Iain Jardine here and, although some classier rivals will make this a stiffer assignment, there's a feeling that he's well capable of holding his own with further progress on the cards. Raecius Felix is also on the up and appeals as the main danger ahead of Looks Like Murt.