Chanelle Pharma 1965 Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 5m 22.22s

Dashel Drasher²⁷³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Rex Dingle| T: J Scott| OR: 162| CD

4/1

Very likeable front runner who is 4-4 at Ascot and got the C&D hat-trick up in thin Grade 1 when last seen, proving most game to thwart Master Tommytucker. Penalised but impossible to overlook.

Form: U1/3111-

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Master Tommytucker²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 160| D

7/2

Very smart chaser who often has a shocking mistake in him but that didn't stop him winning 3 times last term when also going close in C&D Grade 1 behind Dashel Drasher. Low-key comeback over hurdles.

Form: 17126-5

Bennys King²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Bridget Andrews| T: D Skelton| OR: 154| C| D

14/1

Probably needed comeback run and his form here last season is solid, winning handicap and then twice behind Dashel Drasher over C&D. No forlorn hope.

Form: 2/5123-P

Defi Du Seuil³⁰¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 162| CWS

3/1

Triumph Hurdle/JLT Chase winner who bombed out twice last season, but he's bounced back from the doldrums before and strong possibility this sort of trip will suit him better now. Key player.

Form: 1114/P5-

Lostintranslation^t²⁴⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 160| DWS

4/1

Last season was a blowout but he'd shown himself to be top class in 2019/20 with victory in the Betfair Chase and a cracking third in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Could well revive after another wind op.

Form: P3/3P5P-

Pistol Whipped¹⁷⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| OR: 153| BF

6/1

Successful in Plumpton/Perth handicap chases to end last season and returned with a cracking run in deep Uttoxeter contest. More needed up markedly in class but still fairly unexposed.

Form: 0/2011-2

Forecasts

Defi Du Seuil (3/1), Master Tommytucker (7/2), Lostintranslation (4/1), Dashel Drasher (4/1), Pistol Whipped (6/1), Bennys King (14/1)

DEFI DU SEUIL and Lostintranslation both return with something to prove but are the class acts. It was a washout for Defi du Seuil last season but he's come back from similar spells in the doldrums before and hasn't had much racing over this sort of trip. The dual Cheltenham Festival winner can get back on the up with victory. Dashel Drasher is 4-4 at Ascot and will rightly be popular.