Pertemps Industrial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:56 | Winning time: 4m 12.9s

Grumpy Charley²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Bryan Carver⁽³⁾| T: C Honour| OR: 132| CD

5/4

Back-to-back novice winner in the mud over this C&D in recent weeks despite displaying a quirk or two. Opening mark just fair but he remains unexposed.

Form: 69-2511

Repetitio^h¹¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke| OR: 126| CD

25/1

Dual winning hurdler in 2019 and scored on the Flat here during the summer. Lacked the scope for chasing and failed to build on opening effort at Aintree in November. Back over timber.

Form: 3310-27

The Last But One⁸¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Kieron Edgar| T: W S Kittow| OR: 125| DWS

100/1

Useful chaser for Paul Nicholls in 2018. Had fair share of success in pointing field for Tom Malone (third in December) but hard to know if he's capable from this mark over hurdles for new yard.

Form: 2432-53

Caswell Bay³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 119| C

16/1

Successful here over 19.5f in the mud around a year ago. Hasn't stood much racing since and low-key start to the campaign, but return to 2m looks a good move.

Form: 01P-936

Eamon An Cnoic^b,t⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: Fergus Gillard⁽⁵⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 117| CD

5/6

Capable of useful form over fences and confirmed the promise of his runner-up effort over 19.5f at this track when a wide-margin winner at Sandown a week ago. Escapes a penalty for that.

Form: 3U-7621

Forecasts

Eamon An Cnoic (5/6), Grumpy Charley (5/4), Caswell Bay (16/1), Repetitio (25/1), The Last But One (100/1)

A one-sided handicap on paper, with last week's 20-length Sandown winner EAMON AN CNOIC a long way ahead of the game given he escapes a penalty for that. Grumpy Charley chases a C&D hat-trick and is clear-second choice.