13:40 Wincanton

Sunday 18 April 2021

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Off time: 13:41 | Winning time: 3m 49.76s

Elios D'Or^p,t²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Lorcan Williams⁽³⁾| T: R Walford| OR: 92| D

9/1

Bumper winner for Nicky Richards but remains with one standout effort since going jumping for this yard this season, well held sent chasing latest.

Form: P76209

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Valseur Du Granval^t,v1¹⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 11-4| J: C Gethings| T: T R George| OR: 89| D

7/1

Veteran who wasn't shaping all that badly prior to falling 2 out at Leicester (15.9f) in December, and creditable third back from a break at Market Rasen 2 weeks ago. Change of headgear.

Form: 6-636F3

Tanrudy²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: N J Hawke| OR: 89

5/1

Rather in-and-out this term but races off a career-low mark and yard are having a good spell.

Form: 35F7P5

Grain De Thaix^h,t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: David Noonan| T: Nick Williams| OR: 88

7/2

Free-going sort who left chase bow behind when third at Huntingdon last month. Remains unexposed so not without hope.

Form: 64P053

Wisecracker^p,t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: B I Case| OR: 85| D

10/1

Held form well for the first half of the season, placed several times. Might have needed latest start after 4 months off but has just the one win from 32 runs. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: U24237

No No Cardinal^p¹⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 11-0| J: James Davies| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 85| D

28/1

Returned to form when third at Wincanton in October but he's not the most reliable of propositions and failed to fire last 2 starts.

Form: 7U03PU

Hold Me Tight^t²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Nick Scholfield| T: P Gundry| OR: 79

7/2

Long-standing maiden who almost gained that elusive first win in C&D handicap in October. In-and-out form in 4 subsequent starts, though, and he's now 0-24 over jumps.

Form: 426333

Princess Midnight^t²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 77| D

5/1

Gained breakthrough win in 2m Hereford chase in November but not in anything like the same form since.

Form: 318596

Non-Runners

Arizona Glory²⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: Evan Williams J: T J O'Brien

Forecasts

Hold Me Tight (7/2), Grain De Thaix (7/2), Princess Midnight (5/1), Tanrudy (5/1), Arizona Glory (6/1), Valseur Du Granval (7/1), Elios D'Or (9/1), Wisecracker (10/1), No No Cardinal (28/1)

TANRUDY has been below par of late but his yard is going through a good spell, so he could be worth chancing off a career-low mark. Arizona Glory continues to shape as if he has a race in him off his current mark so looks the main threat. Grain de Thaix showed a bit more on his second start over fences at Huntingdon so could also figure.