Virgin Bet Warwick Castle Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 4m 57.13s

Stolen Silver^t⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: S Thomas| OR: 154

11/10

Did well at Cheltenham last spring, fourth in Plate handicap at the Festival prior to running out an impressive winner of the Silver Trophy in April. Good second in valuable handicap there on New Year's Day and this less competitive.

Form: 4341-U2

Mackenberg¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Theo Gillard⁽³⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 143| D

4/1

Made it a perfect 5 wins from 5 starts over fences when successful in 5-runner handicap at Doncaster (19.4f) in November. Winning run came to an end there since but was left with plenty to do so isn't necessarily handicapped out of things from his revised mark.

Form: 11P-115

Messire Des Obeaux³⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 10-10| J: D A Jacob| T: A King| OR: 136| D

8/1

Formerly a smart novice hurdler and winner of 2 chases at Wincanton in 2020/21, the latter a Grade 2. Seen only once last season, however, and stopped as if amiss after 13 months off at Wincanton 5 weeks ago.

Form: 114P/3-P

Knight In Dubai^t⁷⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-4| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 130| D

5/2

Useful hurdler who scored twice as a novice in this sphere during 2019/20 campaign. Very lightly raced since but returned from 10 months off with a good second at Bangor (20.3f). Easy to forgive next run so needs considering.

Form: U/535-20

Non-Runners

Galahad Quest³⁵

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: Mrs J Williams J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Stolen Silver (11/10), Knight In Dubai (5/2), Galahad Quest (3/1), Mackenberg (4/1), Messire Des Obeaux (8/1)

STOLEN SILVER arrives on the back of a career-best second at Cheltenham so there's a good chance he can dominate this smaller field. Knight In Dubai is worth another chance to build on his promising comeback and is feared most ahead of Mackenberg, who was left with plenty to do when his winning run came to an end at Doncaster.