17:35 Doncaster

Friday 5 March 2021

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Virgin Bet Conditional Jockeys' Veterans' Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 6m 10.1s

Psychedelic Rock^p³²

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: C J Todd⁽³⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 127

11/1

Multiple hurdles winner who last got his head in front when bagging a Ludlow maiden chase in December 2018. Little impact this season so needs to stage a revival.

Form: P/2P-796

Ozzy Thomas¹¹¹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Alex Edwards| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 125| D

2/1

Winless since 2017 but he did perform well when third of 10 on Uttoxeter reappearance in November. Off since but evidently capable when fresh and needs considering.

Form: 55/225-3

Ballyhill⁷⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 124

4/1

Useful when on-song, particularly over fences. Hard to get excited by his exploits in recent years but ran a bit better back over fences last time and he's younger than most of today's opposition.

Form: 6P-5064

Aubusson³⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 11-9| J: Chester Williams| T: Mrs J Williams| OR: 122| D

6/1

Took advantage of a career-low mark at Lingfield (soft) in December. Good second at Warwick next time and claims if he can shrug off a lesser run at Fakenham since.

Form: 326125

Lord Scoundrel^p,t¹⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 11-4| J: Lily Pinchin⁽³⁾| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 117| D

7/2

One-time smart chaser for Gordon Elliott. Won a point in February 2020 but no significant impact in 3 outings back under Rules since.

Form: 47/14-P5

Gangster³⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: R Patrick| T: W Greatrex| OR: 112| D

10/1

Good second at Perth in September but has lost his way badly this winter, pulling up on his last 3 starts.

Form: 528PPP

Silvergrove^t³⁷⁷

Age: 13| Weight: 10-11| J: Charlie Hammond| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 110| BF| D

14/1

Formerly useful chaser for Ben Pauling. Showed he still retains a fair level of ability in hunter chases in spring 2019 but last year's point efforts disappointing ahead of first run for new yard.

Form: 241/24P-

Non-Runners

Twojayslad⁴³

Weight: 10-8| Age: 12

T: Ian Williams J: C J Todd

Forecasts

Twojayslad (15/8), Ozzy Thomas (2/1), Lord Scoundrel (7/2), Ballyhill (4/1), Aubusson (6/1), Gangster (10/1), Psychedelic Rock (11/1), Silvergrove (14/1)

Henry Oliver got back among the winners the other day so it might be worth siding with OZZY THOMAS to build on a good reappearance effort back in November and bring to an end the winning run of Twojayslad. Ballyhill may prove best of the remainder.