Spillers Horsefeed Powering Your Winners Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:47 | Winning time: 6m 1.64s

When You're Ready^p⁷⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 130| C

4/1

Generally progressive over hurdles last season and better for chase debut when scoring at this course (19.5f) in December. Ran well back here later in the month but pulled up at Cheltenham in January.

Form: 3-8312P

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Patroclus¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: James Bowen| T: N J Henderson| OR: 127| BF

85/40

£150,000 purchase who was 2-4 over hurdles and left chase debut behind to score at Leicester (20f) in February. Solid third at Kempton next outing and can bounce back from below-par run last time.

Form: 1P-P134

Wayfinder¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Ben Jones| T: Miss R Curtis| OR: 118| CD

4/5

Low-mileage 8-y-o who returned to form when second here in February (26.3f). Pulled up in Devon National at Exeter before returning to winning ways over C&D 16 days ago. Could go well back here,

Form: 1-B62P1

Non-Runners

Smarty Wild⁶⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: P Hobbs & J White J: T J O'Brien

Forecasts

Wayfinder (4/5), Smarty Wild (2/1), Patroclus (85/40), When You're Ready (4/1)

PATROCLUS remains lightly raced and can resume his progress to get back to winning ways. He failed to meet expectations earlier this month, but his yard was going through a quiet spell at the time so he can put that effort behind him. Wayfinder hasn't been the most consistent this season but has gone well on his 3 starts here, while Smarty Wild had looked as good as ever on his penultimate outing prior to falling last time.