Jumping For Joy On Racing TV Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 6m 51.90s

Creative Control⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 115

2/5

Dual hurdles winner last season and stepped up on previous chase form when scoring in ready fashion at Musselburgh (23.8f) in December. Runner-up over the same C&D both subsequent starts (off this mark) and likely to prove too strong for Fiston du Mou.

Form: 255122

Fiston Du Mou^p,t⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: G Sheehan| T: P Neville| OR: 98

15/8

Successful twice from 8 starts on this side of the Irish Sea but form has dipped the last twice and, still 7 lb above his last winning mark, he will need to bounce back in a major way in order to topple Creative Control.

Form: 24U155

Forecasts

Creative Control (2/5), Fiston Du Mou (15/8)

CREATIVE CONTROL arrives here in good heart and should prove much too strong for Fiston du Mou, who did the job in good style at Sedgefield 3 starts back but his subsequent efforts suggest that he is now in the handicapper's grip.