15:50 Wetherby

Thursday 1 April 2021

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racingtv.com Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 6m 34.90s

Bafana Blue^t²³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Ross Chapman| T: M A Barnes| OR: 115| CD

11/1

Did very well over fences last season, winning 4 of 6 starts, but has been underperforming so far this term.

Form: 266956

Billy Bronco^b⁵⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Charlie Hammond| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 115| D

5/1

Patchy record for Evan Williams. Stepped up on his reappearance when runner-up at Hereford in first-time blinkers but ran poorly after 8 weeks off at Musselburgh.

Form: 1PP-72P

What A Moment^b¹²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-11| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe| OR: 114

9/1

Posted best effort since winning at Cheltenham in November 2017 when just touched off at Plumpton (25.7f, good) last month. Not in same form at Kempton since, however.

Form: 6-86325

Station Master^p,t¹³⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 114| DWS

15/2

Ended last season on a low-key note but step back in the right direction in the summer and excuses at Leicester when last seen in November.

Form: PP-35R7

Elixir Du Gouet¹¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 114WS

11/2

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser in France but seen out only twice in last 2 years, folding tamely both times. Up in trip.

Form: 1P72/6-6

Top Up The Fashion^b²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Harry Bannister| T: C J Mann| OR: 112

9/1

Fair maiden hurdler/chaser who was a good second of 6 in 3m Fakenham handicap in November but ran poorly in this headgear after 4 months off at Doncaster.

Form: 2/0-572P

Sigurd^b,t²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: B S Hughes| T: Miss J E Foster| OR: 109| CD

6/4

Back to form with a bang when landing pair of wide-margin wins at Catterick around the turn of the year and proved better than ever when forging clear over C&D 24 days ago. Unreliable, though.

Form: 311PP1

Non-Runners

Lough Salt¹²⁸

Weight: 10-11| Age: 10

T: P Winks J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Sigurd (6/4), Billy Bronco (5/1), Elixir Du Gouet (11/2), Station Master (15/2), What A Moment (9/1), Top Up The Fashion (9/1), Bafana Blue (11/1), Lough Salt (12/1)

SIGURD has 2 ways of running but at least he arrives on the back of a career-best win over this C&D, so is taken to follow up with all his rivals arriving out of form. Billy Bronco is capable of bouncing back so may emerge as the biggest threat, while Station Master at least had excuses when last seen in November.