13:00 Huntingdon

Tuesday 9 November 2021

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John Southgate Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:01 | Winning time: 5m 0.0s

Dreamsundermyfeet⁸³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-1| J: Ben Godfrey⁽⁵⁾| T: M Keighley| OR: 107| BF| D

3/1

Improver in handicap hurdles, scoring twice at Southwell in June and progressed again to make a winning chase debut there the following month. Novicey mistakes proved costly at Worcester last time.

Form: 521113

Rafferty^h²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Adam Wedge| T: L Morgan| OR: 104| D

16/5

Modest over hurdles, but wide-margin winner of a point in April and improved when scoring on handicap chase debut for new yard at Market Rasen (19.2f) last month. Major player, despite 10 lb rise.

Form: 87/1-731

Who's The Guv'nor^t²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Alain Cawley| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 103

28/1

Went close in a Market Rasen maiden hurdle in May, but has failed to reproduce that level of form in 3 subsequent appearances and improvement needed now switched to fences.

Form: P2-2635

Ocean Voyage^p,t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: W T Kennedy| T: Ian Williams| OR: 93

25/1

Fair winning hurdler in Ireland. Left chase debut effort well behind when runner-up at Worcester in April, but her record is decidedly patchy and she ran poorly there on last month's reappearance.

Form: 97502-P

Furia D'Oudairies¹⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: N F Houlihan⁽⁵⁾| T: N J Gifford| OR: 85

20/1

Modest maiden hurdler who offered little in 2 starts upon joining this yard during the spring. Needs to take a sizeable step forward now switched to fences.

Form: 65/430-7

Family Man¹⁸⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: Miss Sarah Robinson| OR: 85

150/1

Point winner, but hasn't shown much under Rules so far, pulled up on each of his 3 starts in this sphere.

Form: 13P/PP-P

Fenrir Binding¹⁸³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Jack Barber| OR: 82

11/4

Showed a little bit more when fourth of 8 on chase debut at Southwell when last seen in May, but he'll need to improve on that if he's to have a say in the finish here.

Form: 0P90/5-4

Uncle O^t⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Benjamin Poste| T: C Hobson| OR: 79| BF

14/1

Opened her account in 17f novice at Market Rasen on second chase start in July. Recent effort back in this sphere at Hereford can be excused (did too much too soon) and he's not without each-way hope.

Form: 9-31935

Begoodtoyourself^p,t²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Ben Jones| T: C N Kellett| OR: 78

4/1

Runner-up 3 times in handicap chases this year, including when chasing home Rafferty at Market Rasen last month. Conversely, he's 0-17 uner Rules and will probably find one or two too good once more.

Form: 25P622

Non-Runners

Spectaculardisplay²⁰⁴

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: D G Bridgwater J: Mitchell Bastyan

Forecasts

Fenrir Binding (11/4), Dreamsundermyfeet (3/1), Rafferty (16/5), Begoodtoyourself (4/1), Uncle O (14/1), Furia D'Oudairies (20/1), Spectaculardisplay (20/1), Ocean Voyage (25/1), Who's The Guv'nor (28/1), Family Man (150/1)

Ready preference is for RAFFERTY, who did the job well on his first attempt in a handicap chase at Market Rasen and a 10 lb rise may not be enough to prevent him from striking again. Dreamsundermyfeet's winning run was brought to a halt at Worcester last time, but he was progressive prior to that and is feared most. Uncle O makes some each-way appeal.