15:00 Newbury

Wednesday 19 January 2022

All12:4513:1513:5014:2515:0015:3016:00

Nouveau Cloud And Cybersecurity Handicap Chase (For The Harwell Trophy)

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 6m 13.90s

Storm Control^p,t³²

Age: 9| Weight: 12-3| J: Daire James McConville⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Kerry Lee| OR: 132

11/1

Bold-jumping front-runner who scored twice at Cheltenham last season but has been pulled up on both outings this term. Something to prove.

Form: 1P50-PP

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Landofsmiles^p²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: James Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 127

7/1

Four-time winner over fences in 2021 but handicapper has his measure as a result and latest effort at this course was pretty tame.

Form: 214329

Django Django^p,t1⁴⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 125| CD

5/1

Proved disappointing last season and no obvious sign of a revival this time around. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 0P5P-8P

Keep Wondering^t²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 124

3/1

Hasn't had much racing as a chaser and justified support with a gutsy success in the mud at Haydock last time. Had a hard race there, but remains with scope and has only gone up 3 lb.

Form: 331U/51

Hawthorn Cottage^b³⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Miss Lucy Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 124

10/3

Put experience to good use when doubling chase tally at Kempton in November. Yet to build on that but showed up well for a long way in a listed event over C&D last month. Definite player.

Form: 313145

Young Wolf⁵⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 120

25/1

Multiple hurdles/chase winner who has generally been out of sorts this season. Set for another struggle despite sliding mark.

Form: 7-PP358

Cuban Pete⁴⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 118| D

11/1

Dual chase winner last term but this season's efforts have been uninspiring. Back from a short break with his stable still in terrific form, though.

Form: 13F4-7P

Tango Boy^p³²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 112| BF

11/2

Bumper winner who showed fairly useful form over hurdles but is yet to show much over fences. Too soon to completely write him off, and worth keeping an eye on in the betting.

Form: 2/5P5-64

Non-Runners

The Devils Drop²⁴

Weight: 11-8| Age: 9

T: A King J: Harry Cobden

Mellow Ben⁵⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 9

T: C Gordon J: Tom Cannon

Wayfinder²¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 8

T: Miss R Curtis J: Adam Wedge

Forecasts

Keep Wondering (3/1), Hawthorn Cottage (10/3), Django Django (5/1), Wayfinder (5/1), Tango Boy (11/2), Landofsmiles (7/1), Mellow Ben (8/1), Storm Control (11/1), Cuban Pete (11/1), The Devils Drop (14/1), Young Wolf (25/1)

HAWTHORN COTTAGE fared about as well as could have been expected in a C&D listed event in December and, without much obvious competition for the lead, she might prove hard to pass back in handicap company with an in-form 7-lb conditional on board. Keep Wondering is only 3 lb higher than when successful at Haydock last month, so he's an obvious danger, while Mellow Ben isn't one to dismiss.