13:40 Uttoxeter

Sunday 25 July 2021

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Read Kevin Blake On attheraces.com Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:42 | Winning time: 6m 13.60s

Heavey^p,t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: S Bowen| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 106

7/2

Fair hurdles winner who is yet to match pick of form in that sphere over fences, outpaced from end of back straight when fifth of 9 at Newton Abbot (25.7f) 3 weeks ago. Mark has eased a little more.

Form: 2602-45

Kabrit^h²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Nick Scholfield| T: A Ralph| OR: 105

5/1

Fairly consistent in handicap hurdles without winning and proved better than ever when scoring on chase debut at Worcester (23f) in June, produced to lead last and driven clear. Should go well again.

Form: 3326-41

Joly Maker¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: William Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 99

6/1

Cashed in on a reduced mark when bagging 9-runner handicap chase at Huntingdon (19.9f, good) in May. Backed that up when second at Newton Abbot (21f) since and likely to remain competitive.

Form: 3443-12

Steel Wave^b,t¹²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-4| J: T Scudamore| T: G Hanmer| OR: 97| D

11/1

Temperamental veteran who has fallen plenty in the weights and placed over fences/hurdles at Southwell in June. Latest run there was below par though, and bounce back called for.

Form: 70-4338

No Cruise Yet⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 89| D

9/4

Became disappointing towards end of last year but fit from points, belatedly opened account at Worcester (23f) last month, albeit with nothing to spare. Still, another good showing not ruled out.

Form: 6831-41

Miss Antipova²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: James Best| T: M Keighley| OR: 86

5/1

Creditable efforts on each of her last completed outings over fences, keeping on for third behind Kabrit at Worcester (23f) in June. 8 lb better off with that rival here and she can get involved.

Form: 8P23-F3

An Siltean^v¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-3| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: J Bedi| OR: 82| D

40/1

Maiden who was more miss than hit over hurdles and he showed nothing on C&D chase debut earlier this month. Can only be watched at present.

Form: 0/0B-P00

Vouvray³⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: D Burchell| OR: 67| D

22/1

Has shown little form for various trainers, first run since leaving Tom Gretton when modest sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Worcester (20f) in June. No easy task on from long way out of weights.

Form: 6PP/4P-6

Non-Runners

Cobra Angel²⁵

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: C J Down J: James Davies

Forecasts

No Cruise Yet (9/4), Heavey (7/2), Kabrit (5/1), Miss Antipova (5/1), Joly Maker (6/1), Steel Wave (11/1), Cobra Angel (12/1), Vouvray (22/1), An Siltean (40/1)

A fairly consistent maiden over hurdles, KABRIT showed improved form at the first attempt over fences when running out a good winner of a Worcester handicap last month and a 5 lb rise shouldn't prevent a bold follow up bid on that evidence. Miss Antipova and Joly Maker head up the dangers, whilst Heavey isn't dismissed out of hand either.