18:20 Sedgefield

Tuesday 3 May 2022

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Off time: 18:20 | Winning time: 6m 59.60s

Lake Shore Drive^t,v¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: B S Hughes| T: R G Hawker| OR: 88

9/5

Capitalised on a much reduced mark when seeing off 17 rivals at Exeter (23f) in a first-time visor last month. Forged clear after the last and he's a major player off 7 lb higher if the headgear works as well a second time.

Form: P/60841-

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Balkotic^p,t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Miss Becky Smith⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 87

16/1

Flat winner who showed fair form at best over hurdles in France. Has rarely got competitive over hurdles for current yard, though, and also well-held fifth back on Flat last month. Stable does well here but others are more obvious.

Form: 300P55-

Miraculous Getaway^t³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Jonathan England| T: S England| OR: 84

7/1

Well backed but held when unseating his rider last in handicap chase at Market Rasen (21.5f, good to soft, 4/1) 34 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 05435U-

Cresswell Queen^h,t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Harry Reed| T: T Davidson| OR: 83| CD

13/8

Improved efforts over this C&D in recent months, winning before finishing second off this mark. Likely to be in the shake-up again.

Form: 5/56012-

Karapiro Doug^p1²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Midgley⁽⁵⁾| T: G Boanas| OR: 82

14/1

Doesn't look obviously well treated for this handicap debut but his lightly-raced profile provides hope for better. Also has cheekpieces on first time.

Form: 79785-

Landacre Bridge²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Callum Bewley| T: H Hogarth| OR: 82

28/1

Runner-up on bumper debut last May (for Ben Pauling) but hasn't shown much over hurdles for this yard, including his handicap debut 24 days ago. Remains to be seen if a significantly longer trip sparks improvement.

Form: 25P899-

Howzat Hiris³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Jack Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 75

9/1

Best effort to date when third in 3m Wetherby handicap 33 days ago. That gives him something to build on.

Form: 7/64053-

Zen Master¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-2| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: M E Sowersby| OR: 72| C

25/1

Latest win in 21f chase here in October but wasn't at best when fifth of 8 in a course handicap hurdle (21f again) 14 days ago. Up in trip. Others are preferred.

Form: 14F5P5-

Non-Runners

Bird On The Wire²⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: D McCain Jnr J: Theo Gillard

Presenting Yeats¹⁷

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: M F Harris J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Cresswell Queen (13/8), Lake Shore Drive (9/5), Presenting Yeats (4/1), Bird On The Wire (6/1), Miraculous Getaway (7/1), Howzat Hiris (9/1), Karapiro Doug (14/1), Balkotic (16/1), Zen Master (25/1), Landacre Bridge (28/1)

LAKE SHORE DRIVE forged clear in a big field at Exeter last time so a 7 lb rise may not stop him if the visor continues to have a positive effect. Cresswell Queen has done well here lately so she's feared most ahead of Presenting Yeats.