Best Odds Guaranteed At MansionBet Conditional Jockeys' Veterans' Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:03 | Winning time: 6m 34.1s

Dawson City¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: Rex Dingle| T: P Gundry| OR: 122| D

11/4

Fairly useful winning chaser who looked rusty on return when twelfth of 18 in handicap chase at Exeter (24.2f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Dropped 5 lb so weighted to put up a bold showing now.

Form: 754P4-0

The Fresh Prince¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: Harrison Beswick⁽³⁾| T: O Sherwood| OR: 122| C| D

5/1

Made winning return in 3m handicap chase (10/1) at Huntingdon 12 days ago by 1¾l from Oh Land Abloom, though left in front by faller at last. More needed upped 4 lb now.

Form: 614/PF-1

Oh Land Abloom^p,t¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Galligan⁽⁸⁾| T: N B King| OR: 120| C

9/2

Fairly useful 25f winner over hurdles. 9/2, best run over fences after 12 months off when second of 7 to The Fresh Prince in 3m handicap chase at Huntingdon 12 days ago. Much respected off same mark.

Form: 2210/P-2

Optimistic Bias⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Armson⁽⁷⁾| T: H J Evans| OR: 112| CD

9/2

C&D winner but off track 20 months before unseating rider at the first in 3m handicap chase (18/1) at Southwell 9 days ago. Not easy to weigh up at present.

Form: 06072/U

Lac Sacre^b,t²⁶¹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-2| J: C Brace| T: J L Flint| OR: 110| D

25/1

Landed 25f handicap chase at Ffos Las in December but ended last term with two below-par efforts. Returns after 8 months off now with bit to prove.

Form: 1F/2173-

Twojayslad^p,t1²⁹⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 10-2| J: C J Todd⁽³⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 96| D

9/2

Fairly useful winning 3m chaser at his best but very lightly raced nowadays. Tongue strap on for comeback and has won off an absence before so no forlorn hope.

Form: 27P3P/6-

Pembroke House^p³¹

Age: 13| Weight: 10-0| J: Lily Pinchin| T: S-J Davies| OR: 92| D

17/2

Twelve runs since his last win in 2018 but he posted creditable third of 8 on reappearance in 3m handicap chase at Ludlow. Shortlisted despite being 2 lb out of the handicap.

Form: 3/5524-3

Forecasts

Dawson City (11/4), Optimistic Bias (9/2), Twojayslad (9/2), Oh Land Abloom (9/2), The Fresh Prince (5/1), Pembroke House (17/2), Lac Sacre (25/1)

None of these veterans can be safely ruled out but DAWSON CITY seems sure to step forward from his reappearance run at Exeter when a ring-rusty twelfth so gets the vote having been dropped a very handy 5 lb. The Fresh Prince and Oh Land Abloom fought out the finish of a similar contest at Huntingdon last time and appeal as the two to chase him home in that order.