16:55 Taunton

Thursday 8 April 2021

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Pontispool Equine Sports Centre Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 5m 52.35s

Leith Hill Lad^p,t³⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Harrison Beswick⁽⁵⁾| T: R Bandey| OR: 100

12/1

Seemed to lose confidence over fences for Charlie Longsdon and has offered little in various company for new yard.

Form: PP-6078

Legend Of Zorro^t¹¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Bryan Carver⁽³⁾| T: C Honour| OR: 94

15/8

Successful at Wincanton from this mark in November 2019. Lightly raced and nowhere near that level all 3 outings since but has joined a yard having a good season.

Form: 0416-5P

Orchestrated^p¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss L Brooke⁽⁷⁾| T: Lady S Brooke| OR: 93| D

16/1

Popped up over fences each season for David Bridgwater and confirmed he retains some ability with headgear back on when second at Fontwell 10 days ago. Needs to back that up.

Form: 441-662

Minella Voucher^p,t¹⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 92

7/1

Dual winner last term and building up a solid record at this level, placed on last 3 starts. Steps up in trip and has to go on the shortlist.

Form: 44-U332

Shattered Glass³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: M Scudamore| OR: 88| BF

7/2

Irish point winner who has shown more spark switched to fences following a wind op, best effort yet when finding just one too good at Market Rasen (3m). Can't have been right at Exeter.

Form: 079-52P

Golden Poet^b,t⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Ben Godfrey⁽⁵⁾| T: Kieran Burke| OR: 87

10/1

Runner-up twice over fences this term and was possibly unsuited by conditions when failing to get home at Wincanton last month. Hampered and fell early on Saturday.

Form: 52U97F

Minella Style^p,t⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Charlie Hammond| T: Miss C Dyson| OR: 73

18/1

Still looking for first win and not in much form over hurdles this season.

Form: 0/PP-46P

Thestopperdunne^p,t¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Shane Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: K Bishop| OR: 71

16/1

Little form of worth.

Form: 6767P9

Ector^p¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Harry Bannister| T: W Greatrex| OR: 69

7/1

Good second back chasing Hereford in November but has merely underlined his inconsistency with 3 poor runs since. 5 lb out of the weights.

Form: P-92PP4

Forecasts

Legend Of Zorro (15/8), Shattered Glass (7/2), Minella Voucher (7/1), Ector (7/1), Golden Poet (10/1), Leith Hill Lad (12/1), Thestopperdunne (16/1), Orchestrated (16/1), Minella Style (18/1)

Having joined a yard enjoying a good time of things, LEGEND OF ZORRO may well be able to bounce back having dropped to his winning mark. Minella Voucher is the solid proposition in the field, with Shattered Glass a player if over whatever held him back last time.