Star Sports Bet Pipped?! Offer Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 6m 56.2s

Mr Mafia^p²⁹

Age: 12| Weight: 11-2| J: S Bowen| T: M Keighley| OR: 117| D

6/5

Veteran chaser who regained the winning thread in decisive fashion at Market Rasen (3m) last month. Creditable third off this revised mark at Bangor next time and likely to give another good account.

Form: 5-25213

Ebony Gale^b,t⁹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 115

4/6

Winner of 2 of his 4 starts following a break/wind surgery, producing his best effort yet when asserting well after the final fence to score by 7½ lengths at Worcester (23f) last time. Obvious claims.

Form: 8613-21

Non-Runners

Mister Tickle⁹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 7

T: G & J Moore J: N F Houlihan

Forecasts

Ebony Gale (4/6), Mr Mafia (6/5), Mister Tickle (7/4)

The Worcester handicap EBONY GALE landed when last seen in June wasn't a particularly strong race for the grade, but he did the job well enough to suggest that this 5 lb higher mark should be within reach. Mister Tickle needs to pull out more in order to complete the hat-trick under a penalty, but his bold jumping will stand him in good stead and he looks a bigger threat than the veteran Mr Mafia.