12:37 Southwell

Tuesday 24 November 2020

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Watch Off The Fence On attheraces.com Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:38 | Winning time: 5m 26.17s

Fiddlers Bow^p²⁵⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny McMenamin⁽³⁾| T: D Brooke| OR: 112WS

18/1

Has done well for this yard and held his form last season without winning. Not on a bad mark returning from 8 months off.

Form: 11/2624-

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Master Burbidge^p¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 110| D

15/2

Unreliable type who bounced back to form to land 21f selling handicap chase at Fakenham. No surprise that he failed to back that up at Wincanton since.

Form: 3U4816

The Rory Story^t¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: M D Grant| T: J S Smith| OR: 110

18/1

Proved he retains ability after a further 11 months off when fifth at Sedgefield this month, set to finish closer before making a significant error. Eased 5 lb so can't dismiss.

Form: 184P/P-5

Coby Nine¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽³⁾| T: D G Bridgwater| OR: 108

3/1

Fair hurdler who left chase debut behind when winning handicap at Stratford 16 days ago, jumping much better. Open to further improvement in this sphere so has to be taken seriously.

Form: 3/22-251

Double Court^v¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 106| CD

14/1

Back to best when landing 20.5f Southwell handicap hurdle from the front on return in August but has been well below par in his 3 starts since. Visor back on. Bounce back needed.

Form: 4P-1790

Cave Top^t,v³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: R T Dunne| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 105| D

9/2

Pulled up over hurdles on reappearance but back to form in this headgear when runner-up at Fontwell. Not sure to be in same form now, however.

Form: PP24-P2

Eau Top^t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Luca Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: B Pauling| OR: 105

11/4

Matched qualifying form when sixth on handicap debut at Newbury in February. All the better for return when good second on chase bow at Bangor 4 weeks ago, no match for winner. Not taken lightly.

Form: 6/446-52

Shady Oaks^v1⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Miss S L Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: C & A Pogson| OR: 99

40/1

Creditable third off 11 lb higher mark at Southwell in July, but subsequent efforts have been poor. Visored for 1st time.

Form: P-3P767

Ratoute Yutty^p1¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: C J Todd⁽⁵⁾| T: C Fryer| OR: 95

40/1

Mares maiden hurdle winner in Ireland but winless over hurdles/fences for Dan Skelton. Ran no sort of race on debut for this yard at Huntingdon. Headgear on.

Form: F454-65

Sam Chisolm²⁷⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: W T Kennedy| T: S-J Davies| OR: 94

50/1

Just the one piece of worthwhile form following half-a-dozen runs over hurdles and let down by jumping over fences. Off 9 months. Back up in trip.

Form: P6/65UU-

Megalodon^t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: P J Brennan| T: P Henderson| OR: 89

17/2

Modest 2m winner over hurdles last season but yet to make an impact switched to fences this term.

Form: 165-8P6

Non-Runners

Frisson Collonges²⁹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: D Skelton J: Non Runner

Jarlath¹⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 9

T: J W Mullins J: J McGrath

Forecasts

Eau Top (11/4), Coby Nine (3/1), Frisson Collonges (4/1), Cave Top (9/2), Jarlath (7/1), Master Burbidge (15/2), Megalodon (17/2), Double Court (14/1), The Rory Story (18/1), Fiddlers Bow (18/1), Shady Oaks (40/1), Ratoute Yutty (40/1), Sam Chisolm (50/1)

COBY NINE impressed with his jumping when winning at Stratford and is open to further improvement after just 2 starts in this sphere. Eau Top is another who made a promising start to his chase career at Bangor.