200 Years Of Turf Excellence Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:47 | Winning time: 4m 6.9s

Gold Des Bois^t¹⁶⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine| OR: 121| D

5/2

Fairly useful hurdles/chase winner in Ireland but yet to score for his current yard. Below-form third of 7 in 2m handicap chase at Ayr when last seen out in April but the sort to bounce back.

Form: 22U453-

Bob's Bar^p³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Theo Gillard⁽³⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 118| D

5/1

Posted a career best when winning 2m handicap chase at Worcester in July but he beat only one at Bangor (2m1f) 30 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 41-2416

If Not For Dylan^h¹²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: D R Fox| T: A B Hamilton| OR: 115

3/1

Got off the mark for the season with career-best win in 3m handicap chase at Perth in May. Down in trip but this strong traveller is weighted to go close again.

Form: 2442U-1

Tico Times^p¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: Danny McMenamin| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 102| D

13/8

Arrives better than ever, bagging his second success of the summer at Cartmel (2m1f) 16 days ago when forging clear from the last. Up 7 lb but he's a player.

Form: 936131

Non-Runners

Slanelough¹⁵¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 10

T: R Dobbin J: Craig Nichol

Forecasts

Tico Times (13/8), Gold Des Bois (5/2), If Not For Dylan (3/1), Bob's Bar (5/1), Slanelough (5/1)

TICO TIMES comes here better than ever so is fancied to defy a 7 lb rise in the weights for his latest emphatic Cartmel success. If Not For Dylan takes a big drop in trip having scored over 3m at Perth but this strong traveller is weighted to go close and rates a big threat ahead of Gold Des Bois.