Chris Harrison Memorial Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:57 | Winning time: 4m 8.16s

Sea Prince¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Harry Bannister| T: A M Hales| OR: 115| BF| D

13/8

Dual winner over hurdles who went off too hard in front when 8½ lengths third of 5 to Bob's Bar on his Worcester chase debut 15 days ago, shaping quite well in the circumstances. 9 lb better off with Donald McCain's charge now. Big player.

Form: 1234-23

Steady The Ship^b¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 110

4/1

Won back-to-back events at Southwell (20.5f) this spring and bounced back from a below-par run at Huntingdon when 1¾ lengths second to re-opposing Shareef Star at Newton Abbot 18 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts.

Form: 781-132

Secret Boris^p1,t⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: David Noonan| T: D Pipe| OR: 110

50/1

French import who has offered little in 2 outings at Newton Abbot this month and needs the addition of cheekpieces to spark an upturn in his fortunes.

Form: P/13R-P6

Shareef Star^v¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: James Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 104| D

5/2

Dual winner last season who got back to winning ways at Newton Abbot earlier this month, seeing off the re-opposing Steady The Ship by 1¾ lengths. Unlikely to be much between them on revised terms.

Form: 347-231

Nefyn Point^p1¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 91| D

7/2

Off the mark over fences at Market Rasen over this trip last month but that was a rare win and he's merely added to his patchy record with 2 below-par runs since.

Form: 378-154

Non-Runners

Bob's Bar¹⁵

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: D McCain Jnr J: Theo Gillard

Forecasts

Sea Prince (13/8), Bob's Bar (9/4), Shareef Star (5/2), Nefyn Point (7/2), Steady The Ship (4/1), Secret Boris (50/1)

A 9 lb swing in the weights could be enough for SEA PRINCE to turn around recent Worcester form with Bob's Bar as the Alex Hales-trained 6-y-o simply seemed to pay for doing too much too soon on that occasion.