14:05 Stratford

Thursday 28 October 2021

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Charlie Longsdon Racing Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 4m 58.41s

Golan Fortune¹⁸⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: P W Middleton| OR: 140

12/1

Made winning start over fences in 3m Ludlow novice chase last December. Best to overlook effort in valuable Sandown handicap on final run of last season, but likely to find this trip too sharp.

Form: 14340P-

Reserve Tank¹⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 139

11/5

Grade 1 hurdles winner who ran to similar level over fences in 2019/20. Returned to form following a string of low-key efforts when runner-up in 18.7f handicap here in May and claims back up in trip.

Form: P/5PP-52

Carys' Commodity^p³²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 134| DWS

18/1

Progressive over hurdles last season prior to finishing a well-held fourth at Doncaster where the steady pace did him no favours at all. Undergone another wind op ahead of this return/chase debut.

Form: 61/4114-

Kap Auteuil²¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Tom Cannon| T: T Lawes| OR: 131| C

5/1

Made good strides over fences last season, completing the hat-trick at Market Rasen (17.2f) when last seen in March. However, resumes on a 10 lb higher mark in what is a more competitive race.

Form: 4P2111-

Le Cameleon²²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: David Noonan| T: Nick Williams| OR: 130| BF| C| DWS

7/1

Opened chase account at Chepstow in January, jumping well. However, didn't handle the obstacles with the same aplomb next 2 starts and opposable back from 7 months off. Has undergone wind surgery.

Form: 6321FF-

Black Kalanisi²³⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| OR: 128| BF

3/1

Done well under both codes, winning 3-runner chase at Plumpton and a jumpers bumper last winter. Jumping lacked fluency at Ludlow when last seen in March, but interesting here for in-form new yard.

Form: U31414-

Longshanks²⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 121

11/2

Improved when landing a 14-runner Wincanton novice hurdle (15.3f) on final run of last season. Step back up in trip promises to suit now switched to fences and he's an interesting candidate.

Form: 3/6F51-

Non-Runners

Cadzand²²⁰

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Knight In Dubai⁵⁹⁷

Weight: 11-10| Age: 8

T: D Skelton J: Bridget Andrews

Forecasts

Cadzand (2/1), Reserve Tank (11/5), Black Kalanisi (3/1), Kap Auteuil (5/1), Longshanks (11/2), Le Cameleon (7/1), Knight In Dubai (10/1), Golan Fortune (12/1), Carys' Commodity (18/1)

LONGSHANKS and Cadzand are both appealing now switched to fences. The latter is the more established of the pair and is likely to prove popular, but Longshanks did the job well when turning over a Paul Nicholls-trained hotpot in a Wincanton novice hurdle in February and he is taken to strike off what may prove to be a lenient opening mark. Black Kalanisi and Reserve Tank are others to consider.