14:45 Wincanton

Wednesday 30 March 2022

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Third Complimentary CRS Race Day Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 5m 3.2s

Rectory Oak^t²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 90

10/3

Modest maiden hurdler who struggles for consistency. Stable is going well, however, and no surprise if he takes to chasing, so can't be ruled out.

Form: 7-57P36

Majestic Merlin^p,t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Houlihan| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 90| BF

7/2

Hasn't really progressed over fences and still winless. Just respectable effort at Taunton last time and might not be ideally suited by this longer trip.

Form: 336344

Forget You Not^t⁹^{(ex 7)}

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: James Best| T: Miss J Du Plessis| OR: 83| C

5/2

Opened his account at Exeter in October and was firmly back on track when scoring at this course (15.7f) 9 days ago. Not one to take lightly for all consistency isn't his strong suit.

Form: P8-71P1

Clear On Top^t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: S Bowen| T: T R George| OR: 83

10/1

No better than midfield in bumpers/over hurdles and didn't fare any better when a remote fourth in a handicap at Southwell on chasing debut. Now goes up in trip.

Form: 0-97094

Broughtons Rhythm²⁸

Age: 13| Weight: 10-7| J: Mr Peter Summers⁽⁷⁾| T: L Hurley| OR: 80

25/1

Veteran on a long losing run, and latest effort over C&D was pretty tame, so others make more appeal.

Form: 322657

Baily Gorse^p⁵⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: David Noonan| T: Miss L Blackford| OR: 77

40/1

Modest maiden who has been struggling for form over hurdles lately, so hard to fancy back chasing.

Form: 82-0PP0

Carrig Coch¹⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: W T Kennedy| T: Christian Williams| OR: 77

12/1

Yet to show any ability under Rules, but market support would be significant ahead of this chasing debut. 1 of 2 interesting ones for in-form yard.

Form: 9-76005

Tamgho Borget^t⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Jack Tudor| T: Christian Williams| OR: 74

9/2

Point winner (good form) who has shown little under Rules in the last year but is very much one to note in the betting upped markedly in trip/sent chasing switched to a handicap. 1 of 2 interesting runners for in-form stable.

Form: 10-P7P

Non-Runners

Askinvillar¹²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: Mark Gillard J: Fergus Gillard

Richidish²⁸

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: G & J Moore J: J E Moore

Forecasts

Forget You Not (5/2), Rectory Oak (10/3), Majestic Merlin (7/2), Tamgho Borget (9/2), Askinvillar (5/1), Richidish (6/1), Clear On Top (10/1), Carrig Coch (12/1), Broughtons Rhythm (25/1), Baily Gorse (40/1)

A weak handicap chase in which it might be worth taking a chance on TAMGHO BORGET from a basement mark. Although yet to show much under Rules, he's a well-bred ex-pointer for whom handicap chasing has likely always been the target, and he could play a big part here. Askinvillar has a similar profile (although he showed a bit more over hurdles) and recent winner Forget You Not is also a player.