15:07 Leicester

Thursday 3 December 2020

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tote.co.uk Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:09 | Winning time: 4m 19.93s

Relkadam¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr William Easterby⁽⁵⁾| T: T D Easterby| OR: 101

15/2

Ex-French gelding who's been very lightly raced in this country but shaped well when fourth at Market Rasen on return 2 weeks ago. Entitled to come on for that.

Form: 43P/44-4

Go As You Please^p²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: R P McLernon| T: P R Webber| OR: 95| BF| D

7/2

Has taken well to fences, scoring at Warwick before excellent second of 14 in 2m handicap at Lingfield. All the rage in the betting but fell at first at Ludlow since. Remains of interest.

Form: 42212F

Valseur Du Granval^p,t¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 11-5| J: Benjamin Poste| T: T R George| OR: 94| D

16/1

Struggled after reappearance last season and no sign of an upturn in his fortunes from much-reduced mark this season.

Form: 7P6-636

Maxi Jazz^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: C Gethings| T: P R Webber| OR: 85

11/1

Showed his first form sent chasing in first-time cheekpieces when third of 12 in handicap chase at Ludlow (16f, good) 21 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 0/008-P3

Battleofthesomme^b1⁴⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Page Fuller| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 83| D

9/1

Won 2m novice handicap chase at Southwell and Uttoxeter handicap hurdle on first 2 starts for this yard last autumn. Disappointed later in the season, however, and little promise on return.

Form: 1P34P-5

Khairagash^p1³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: Miss Lucy Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 82| D

11/2

Disappointed over hurdles but much improved to make second chase start a winning one at Ffos Las. Creditable second at Stratford next time but well held both starts since 16 months apart. Headgear on.

Form: P/8126-P

Torrent Des Mottes^p¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-1| J: Mr Nathan Brennan⁽⁷⁾| T: J R Cornwall| OR: 76| D

12/1

Back to form when taking advantage of a career-low mark at Huntingdon in March. However, overall record is very patchy indeed, and not in the same form in 3 starts so far this season.

Form: 451-U86

Pete's Choice^p²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: James Davies| T: Miss Z C Davison| OR: 76

20/1

Failed to complete all 3 runs over hurdles last season and well held back over fences both starts this term.

Form: 6/PPP-77

Beet Topper^h1³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| OR: 75| BF

11/4

Modest hurdler at best and offered little in 4 runs over fences last season. Failed to justify support on yard debut/return at Hereford last month but it was still a step back in the right direction.

Form: P/FP5R-6

Impulsive Leader^p²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: James Best| T: Miss Z C Davison| OR: 72

40/1

Looks a poor maiden over both sets of obstacles and struggled at Lingfield on return. 3 lb out of handicap.

Form: 73P43-4

Non-Runners

Tierra Verde²¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 9

T: Miss E C Lavelle J: Ben Jones

Deise Vu¹³⁵

Weight: 11-11| Age: 12

T: R Brotherton J: Fergus Gregory

Forecasts

Beet Topper (11/4), Go As You Please (7/2), Khairagash (11/2), Tierra Verde (11/2), Relkadam (15/2), Battleofthesomme (9/1), Maxi Jazz (11/1), Torrent Des Mottes (12/1), Valseur Du Granval (16/1), Pete's Choice (20/1), Deise Vu (33/1), Impulsive Leader (40/1)

GO AS YOU PLEASE has improved for the switch to fences this season and can quickly make amends after falling at the first at Ludlow 3 weeks ago having been well backed. Relkadam shaped well for a long way when fourth on his comeback at Market Rasen and should come on for that, while Maxi Jazz made a promising start in this sphere when third at Ludlow.