16:35 Fontwell

Saturday 2 October 2021

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Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 5m 28.3s

Trumps Benefit^b,t⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Callum Bewley| T: R Potter| OR: 98

3/1

Won again over fences at Hexham (20f) in May and has held his form well since, third over extended 22f at Market Rasen 7 days ago. Should go well again for all his mark looks about right. Blinkered.

Form: 434353

Galtee Mountain¹⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Harry Bannister| T: P G Murphy| OR: 96| CD

8/1

Bounced back to form in first-time cheekpieces when landing a C&D handicap hurdle in March. Not disgraced when fourth back here the following month but headgear left off ahead of return/chase bow.

Form: 384814-

Maasai Warrior¹⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Henderson| OR: 86| D

6/1

Pieced it all together from a basement mark when scoring at Chepstow/Hexham in March. Badly let down by jumping at Southwell in May but not one to be writing off ahead of return.

Form: PP511-P

Air Hair Lair¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: M Goldstein| T: Miss S West| OR: 85| BF| D

3/1

Made it third time lucky in this sphere at Stratford in July. Has continued in good heart, only losing second in the dying strides at Plumpton (19.7f) 2 weeks ago. Should give another good account.

Form: 2-21423

Larcadio^t¹⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Nick Scholfield| T: P Henderson| OR: 80

7/2

Winning Irish pointer who achieved a fair level of form over hurdles. Record distinctly mixed over fences, losing touch from an early stage at Uttoxeter in May. Yard also saddle Maasai Warrior

Form: PPP53-P

Born At Midnight²⁰⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Harry Kimber⁽⁷⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 71WS

6/1

Hard to be enthusiastic over what he has showed over hurdles/fences to date and major improvement required to feature on the back of wind surgery. Handicap debut.

Form: 8S6/FP-

Non-Runners

Night Of Sin¹⁷³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 8

T: P Phelan J: N F Houlihan

Shareef Star⁴⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: P & M Bowen J: Non Runner

Give Me A Moment⁴⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: R Bandey J: Harry Bannister

Forecasts

Air Hair Lair (3/1), Trumps Benefit (3/1), Larcadio (7/2), Maasai Warrior (6/1), Born At Midnight (6/1), Galtee Mountain (8/1), Night Of Sin (8/1), Give Me A Moment (8/1), Shareef Star (10/1)

MAASAI WARRIOR was let down by his jumping when last seen at Southwell in May, yet he had previously looked one to keep onside at this level when registering back-to-back handicap chase victories and he could be worth chancing to make a winning return under Tom O'Brien. Trumps Benefit is proving consistent and rates a threat, along with Air Hair Lair.