14:00 Worcester

Wednesday 23 June 2021

All13:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:50

BBQ's, Beer, Sliders And White Socks Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 3m 56.16s

Baby King^t²⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Burke| T: T R George| OR: 117| D

28/1

Winless since early 2019 but did come up just a neck short in a 3-runner handicap at Fontwell in May. Same mark here.

Form: 2/653-82

Nikap^h,t1¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke| OR: 117| D

5/1

Fair 2m hurdle winner who produced her best effort yet in this sphere when runner-up at Warwick in November. Ridden with restraint on C&D return to action and tongue tie now added to usual hood.

Form: 323F5-4

Rose Sea Has^h³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 117| D

5/1

Weak finisher who went the wrong way over fences last season. Held back by mistakes on last month's return to action here and now back in trip with hood refitted.

Form: 7/FP46-6

Instant Replay^p¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: B S Hughes| T: B Ellison| OR: 116

11/1

Took advantage of his much-reduced mark at Sedgefield last month but had the run of the race and made too many mistakes in a better race at Perth since.

Form: 40P3-16

Dogon^p,t³²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 115| D

9/2

Won sole chase start in France. Disappointed for this yard over hurdles but back on track fitted with headgear when winning handicap chase at Southwell. Hung away follow-up chance and off since.

Form: 957/613-

Larch Hill²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 112| D

10/3

Scored at Warwick in April and found only one too good in his follow-up bid at Stratford 18 days later. Another sound second at Uttoxeter and he's very likely to give his running.

Form: 3921-22

Elios D'Or^b,t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Bryan Carver⁽³⁾| T: R Walford| OR: 96| D

11/4

Bumper winner who failed to score over hurdles but holding form well tackling the larger obstacles this spring, recording a trio of third-place finishes. Should be involved.

Form: 09F-333

Non-Runners

Champagne Mist⁵⁶⁴

Weight: 11-8| Age: 9

T: A Ralph J: Nick Scholfield

Forecasts

Elios D'Or (11/4), Larch Hill (10/3), Dogon (9/2), Rose Sea Has (5/1), Nikap (5/1), Champagne Mist (10/1), Instant Replay (11/1), Baby King (28/1)

In a race in which many have questions marks, LARCH HILL and Elios D'or are a consistent pair at the foot of the weights, with marginal preference for the Nigel Twiston-Davies representative.