Wetherby Racecourse Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 6m 9.96s

Dinons²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: James Best| T: Mark Campion| OR: 122| D

80/1

Useful winning chaser for Gordon Elliott but well held both starts for this yard 14 months ago apart. Plenty to prove.

Form: P/5036-P

Geryville³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Alain Cawley| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 120| C

6/4

French recruit who belied odds of 40/1 to make winning start for Micky Hammond in Wetherby handicap before excellent second there 34 days ago. Winner has franked form, so he's a player nudged up 1 lb.

Form: 447612

Grand Turina⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 11-5| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 113| C

10/3

Ended long winless run in good style in 7-runner handicap chase at Lingfield (20f, heavy) and followed up in good style at Warwick on New Year's Eve. Obvious claims off same mark.

Form: F2P-F11

Kayf Adventure^p³¹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-2| J: C O'Farrell| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 110| D

20/1

One-time useful chaser but on the decline and offered little back from 6 months off at Uttoxeter.

Form: 63U-308

Guetapan Collonges⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: W T Kennedy| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 107| D

11/4

Ended last season in good form in handicap hurdles, winning at Huntingdon and Sedgefield. Held on chase debut/return at Stratford but much better when third at Uttoxeter. Can improve again.

Form: 8011-53

Caboy^t⁴¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: S Mulqueen| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 105| D

7/1

Winning hurdler/fairly useful chaser in France. Not disgraced on each of his 2 starts this season, third at Newcastle (20f) 6 weeks ago. More needed.

Form: 5284-23

Non-Runners

Cooper's Cross⁴¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: W Coltherd J: Sam Coltherd

Forecasts

Geryville (6/4), Guetapan Collonges (11/4), Grand Turina (10/3), Cooper's Cross (5/1), Caboy (7/1), Kayf Adventure (20/1), Dinons (80/1)

The thriving GRAND TURINA was a decisive winner off this mark at Warwick last week (due to go up 7 lb) so is taken to land the hat-trick. Geryville has made an encouraging start for new connections and was beaten only by a subsequent winner here last time, so rates the main threat ahead of Guetapan Collonges and Cooper's Cross.