Follow At The Races On Twitter Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:50 | Winning time: 4m 1.1s

Dino Velvet⁹^{(ex 7)}

Age: 8| Weight: 12-5| J: Alexander Thorne⁽⁵⁾| T: A King| OR: 120| D

15/8

Won 4 times over hurdles and capitalised on a reduced mark in taking fashion on chasing debut at Uttoxeter 9 days ago. That race fell apart somewhat, but still boasts obvious claims under a penalty.

Form: 73446-1

El Borracho^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 115| CD

2/1

Dual hurdle winner who made a winning start over fences here in June and backed it up with a good second at Stratford. Not discounted.

Form: 454-212

Full Of Surprises²¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: R P McLernon| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 112| D

14/1

Ran out an impressive winner on hurdling bow at Catterick in late 2019. Never really built on that, however, and now switches to chasing on the back of a 7-month absence.

Form: 150/56-

Elios D'Or^b²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: H Cobden| T: R Walford| OR: 105| CD

2/1

Bumper winner who failed to score over hurdles but showed improved form to get off the mark impressively at the sixth attempt over C&D 3 weeks ago. Leading player despite 9 lb hike.

Form: 9F-3331

Non-Runners

Shiroccan Roll⁵⁸

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: Miss E C Lavelle J: Thomas Bellamy

Forecasts

Dino Velvet (15/8), Elios D'Or (2/1), El Borracho (2/1), Shiroccan Roll (7/1), Full Of Surprises (14/1)

DINO VELVET made a convincing start over fences when routing a 5-runner field at Uttoxeter 9 days ago and he boasts obvious claims under a penalty. Elios d'Or, an impressive winner over C&D last time, is the main threat ahead of El Borracho.