13:20 Newbury

Saturday 26 November 2022

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Sir Peter O'Sullevan Memorial Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:21 | Winning time: 5m 38.60s

Kitty's Light²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr Jack Tudor| T: Christian Williams| OR: 140

16/1

Placed 3 times in Grade 3 handicaps last spring. Always behind on reappearance at Chepstow last month and limited encouragement at Ascot 3 weeks later. Yard a force to be reckoned with in valuable handicap chases but he needs to bounce back.

Form: 7223-66

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Demachine^t¹⁸¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: Kerry Lee| OR: 140| D

5/1

Low-mileage 8-y-o who gained third victory over fences following second breathing op when capitalising on drop in grade at Uttoxeter (20f) in May. Remains unexposed at this sort of trip and revised mark doesn't look beyond him provided he's ready to roll.

Form: 32/5U0-1

Kapcorse²⁹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Harry Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 137| CD

8/1

Clearly fragile but made the most of some generosity by the handicapper to land this corresponding event for the second time last year. Ran poorly at Sandown 10 weeks later but he warrants plenty of respect attempting his third success in this contest.

Form: 1177/1P-

Senior Citizen²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Adrian Heskin| T: A King| OR: 135

16/1

Scored at Market Rasen on second outing last term but little to shout about thereafter and returned with lacklustre display under a more patient ride than usual at Aintree earlier this month. Handicapper has reacted accordingly.

Form: 41238-0

Zanza^b¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 134| C

11/2

Ran poorly on reappearance but back over fences, was presumably sharpened up by first-time blinkers when runner-up at Wetherby a fortnight ago. However it's now twelve runs since last win in 2020 and whether the headgear has the same effect today is anyone's guess.

Form: PP8P-62

Jacamar²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: M F Harris| OR: 134

28/1

Dual 2m4f winner last term who shaped better than the distance beaten suggested when fourth in 3m handicap at Chepstow on return. Found less than looked likely on his first go over the National fences at Aintree earlier this month so percentage call is to look elsewhere.

Form: 5142-49

Java Point^t²³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: T Scudamore| T: T R George| OR: 133| C

15/2

Winning hurdler for Kim Bailey who won 3 times over fences last season, including over 23f here final start. Remains one to be positive about and yard couldn't be in much better form.

Form: 021311-

Dublin Four^t²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| OR: 133| CD

4/1

Won twice around 2½m for this stable last season, including on reappearance over C&D. Shaped as if as good as ever particularly as he was left poorly placed when runner-up at Wetherby last month so he's certainly not to be discounted today.

Form: F5U1-52

Cap Du Nord^p²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Ellis Collier⁽⁷⁾| T: Christian Williams| OR: 130| CD

10/1

Capitalised on a good mark in a valuable 3m event at Kempton in February. Remote fifth on Chepstow reappearance last month but took a step forward on that effort from 2 lb out of weights when third at Wincanton 3 weeks ago. Won this in 2020 so he's one to look out for.

Form: 31P5-53

Killer Kane^t²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Tizzard| OR: 128| BF

5/1

Much improved since fitted with a tongue strap, landing handicaps at Kempton and Sandown. Far from disgraced in Grade 3 handicap at Aintree final start last season and shaped as if the run was needed on recent return at Exeter. Interesting contender.

Form: 36113-6

Non-Runners

Mister Coffey²³²

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: N J Henderson J: Non Runner

Lieutenant Rocco¹⁸

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: S Hosie J: Tom Cannon

Champagne Court²³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 9

T: J Scott J: Lorcan Williams

Forecasts

Dublin Four (4/1), Demachine (5/1), Killer Kane (5/1), Zanza (11/2), Mister Coffey (7/1), Java Point (15/2), Kapcorse (8/1), Cap Du Nord (10/1), Champagne Court (10/1), Senior Citizen (16/1), Kitty's Light (16/1), Jacamar (28/1), Lieutenant Rocco (33/1)

An open-looking handicap in which it could pay to side with DEMACHINE. Kerry Lee's low-mileage 8-y-o gained his third victory over fences when last seen at Uttoxeter 6 months ago and this revised mark doesn't look beyond him. Kapcorse was clearly trained to the minute to land this corresponding event for a second time last season so he heads up the dangers, with Killer Kane and Dublin Four another couple worth considering.