14:30 Plumpton

Monday 2 January 2023

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Bet Goodwin Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 5m 12.17s

Sublime Heights^b1⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: T Lawes| OR: 109| CD

6/1

Bounced back to his best in first-time cheekpieces to score over C&D in October. Ran abysmally at Southwell since and his hopes are pinned on new headgear (blinkers) and a return to this venue sparking a revival.

Form: F22-41P

Rostello^p,t⁹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Luke Scott⁽⁷⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 108| D

11/1

Well held in 4 runs since his July Stratford success, laboured and never in it when a remote third at Bangor last time. Needs to have been refreshed by a 3-month break.

Form: 418543

Tip Top Mountain^t⁵⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Bryan Carver| T: R Walford| OR: 104| CD

5/4

Took well to fences last season, including a win in this race. Made a successful reappearance at Fontwell in November and a 6 lb rise for that is unlikely to prevent him making a bold bid to defend his crown.

Form: 14123-1

Rebel Intentions³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 102

9/1

Hinted at promise in bumpers and showed fair form over hurdles last season. However, well held in Worcester handicap hurdle on his reappearance and disappointed on his first attempt over fences at Lingfield in November. Early days but can't be supported with confidence after that.

Form: 6543-6P

Le Coeur Net^t,v1⁴⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-2| J: Ben Godfrey⁽³⁾| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 97| C

20/1

Dual winner in November 2020 and finished runner-up in 2 of his 5 starts last term. However, there was little encouragement to be taken from last month's 2m reappearance here, trailing in a distant last of 4. Visored first time.

Form: 4F224-4

Dindin^b,t³⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe| OR: 95| D

12/1

French import who finally got his head in front on these shores when scoring by a wide margin at Warwick in September. Rather hit-and-miss since, but he is on a good mark if staging a revival.

Form: 247325

En Coeur^t²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: M G Nolan| T: J W Mullins| OR: 86| C

9/2

Good record at Plumpton, including a second over this trip in October. Not at his best at Fontwell last month but capable of bouncing back returned to his favoured venue.

Form: 33-4225

Clondaw Robin^p³⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-2| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽⁵⁾| T: A Irvine| OR: 70

16/1

Yet to score over fences and never threatened when fourth of 7 in 2m Lingfield handicap (good to soft) 39 days ago. Makes limited appeal from 13 lb out of weights.

Form: 233F/04

Non-Runners

Extraordinary Man⁴²

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: D G Bridgwater J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Tip Top Mountain (5/4), En Coeur (9/2), Sublime Heights (6/1), Rebel Intentions (9/1), Extraordinary Man (10/1), Rostello (11/1), Dindin (12/1), Clondaw Robin (16/1), Le Coeur Net (20/1)

TIP TOP MOUNTAIN has a much more solid profile than the majority of these and looks sure make a bold bid to land this race for the second year running. En Coeur often saves his best efforts for this place so he's feared most ahead of Dindin, who has dipped back to a workable mark.