Racing TV Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 4m 11.22s

Trooper Turnbull⁷²

Age: 8| Weight: 12-2| J: C O'Farrell| T: R Dobbin| OR: 121| BF| D

11/4

Latest win in chase at Wetherby in November. 15/8, good third of 5 in handicap chase at Newcastle (16.3f, good) 72 days ago, so he's well in the mix.

Form: 213-313

Armattiekan^b¹⁰²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 117| CD

11/2

Career best when winning 4-runner handicap chase at Wincanton (20.2f) 102 days ago. C&D winner too, so he has to be taken seriously.

Form: 363121

Relkadam^p,t³³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: T D Easterby| OR: 103

13/2

Won 10-runner handicap chase at Catterick (19.2f, good, 9/2) 33 days ago. Much respected despite being upped 4 lb.

Form: 445221

Ard Chros^b1,t¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: Sam Coltherd| T: W Coltherd| OR: 102| C| D

15/8

Unreliable sort but he landed 9-runner handicap chase at Ayr (20.5f) 13 days ago. Blinkers go on now and this course winner can't be dismissed.

Form: 2-56561

Halcyon Days^v⁵²

Age: 13| Weight: 10-9| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: R Menzies| OR: 100| CD

9/2

4-time C&D winner but he raced lazily when below par fourth of 6 in handicap chase at Wetherby (15.2f) 52 days ago. Not the easiest to catch right.

Form: 751-P24

Non-Runners

Bandit D'Ainay⁴

Weight: 10-0| Age: 11

T: Micky Hammond J: Alain Cawley

Forecasts

Ard Chros (15/8), Trooper Turnbull (11/4), Halcyon Days (9/2), Armattiekan (11/2), Relkadam (13/2), Bandit D'Ainay (16/1)

ARMATTIEKAN looks the way to go here given he arrives on the back of a career-best success and can also boast a C&D success. Trooper Turnbull looks the one to chase home Donald McCain's 8-y-o, with Catterick-scorer Relkadam another who needs considering in an open handicap.