Howkins & Harrison Handicap Chase

Off time: 19:35 | Winning time: 5m 2.80s

Go As You Please^p⁶⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: R P McLernon| T: P R Webber| OR: 100| C

9/1

Tricky sort but he's become competitively handicapped and offered something to work on on return from a break in March, not unduly knocked about. Frame claims if in same form.

Form: 2/41473-

Gulliver Collonges³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 96

2/1

Badly out of sorts over hurdles over hurdles this year and is therefore hard to fancy on only third chase start.

Form: 455P87-

Joey Steel²³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Tudor| T: Christian Williams| OR: 93| BF

15/2

Won at Fakenham/Newton Abbot and shaped as if capable of competing from this mark when last seen 7 months ago. Previously temperamental but has gone well fresh in the past and he's considered on return.

Form: P/21216-

Churchtown Glen^v²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Kielan Woods| T: Miss M P Bryant| OR: 85| D

3/1

Seventeen-race maiden over fences and mark continues to fall, though ran slightly better than for a while when third at Fontwell 3 weeks ago. Place claims if in same form.

Form: 34462-3

Spiritus Mundi¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Shane Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 84

4/1

Poor maiden hurdler who ran better than the distance beaten suggests in Ludlow handicap 17 days ago. Still only one effort of note, though, and will need to improve on chase debut.

Form: 69/327-7

Stinggrey^p³⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: M Young| OR: 67

15/2

Failed to complete on 2 of his 3 starts between the flags and well beaten in 3 starts over hurdles. Tailed off when falling 3 out on chase/handicap bow at Wincanton but at least showed his first bit of form when fourth at Stratford (19.4f). Failed to build on that at Warwick since.

Form: 408F45-

Non-Runners

Wildkatze⁸⁵

Weight: 10-5| Age: 6

T: T R Gretton J: Lee Edwards

Forecasts

Gulliver Collonges (2/1), Churchtown Glen (3/1), Spiritus Mundi (4/1), Wildkatze (6/1), Joey Steel (15/2), Stinggrey (15/2), Go As You Please (9/1)

JOEY STEEL looked a reformed character last summer and may well be up to taking this relatively winnable on his return. Thoroughly exposed as he is, Churchtown Glen may pose the biggest threat if able to reproduce his recent Fontwell third, whilst Wildkatze is also a player if putting a poor outing behind her.