17:20 Wincanton

Wednesday 1 March 2023

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Dick And Sue Woodhouse Memorial Hunters' Chase

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 5m 3.1s

Diligent^h⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 12-6| J: Mr Charlie Sprake⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs K M Sanderson| OR: 125| D

12/1

Successful six times in 2021, five of which over fences and added another couple more over hurdles last spring. Shaped as if retaining a good deal of ability on first outing since leaving Nigel Hawke after 9 months off at Taunton but may need this again only 8 days on.

Form: 212-145

Envoye Special^h,t²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 12-6| J: Mr James King| T: Kieran Burke| OR: 119| D

4/1

Fairly useful chaser who extended his winning sequence to 4 (including in points) when scoring in hunter at Ffos Las 3 weeks ago. This harder but must be respected in current mood.

Form: 441-111

Exit Poll³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 12-6| J: Alice Stevens⁽³⁾| T: A King| OR: 147

3/1

Grade 3 winner in Ireland in 2021. Patchy form after, though easy to excuse last 2 runs. Clearly a key form player on second start for this yard.

Form: P4-720U

Rewritetherules^h¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 12-6| J: Mr David O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: David O'Brien| OR: 111| D

40/1

Multiple point winner but well held back under Rules at Haydock 11 days ago.

Form: 9P2-3PP

Demain Des L'Aube^b,t⁵⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Archie Loweth⁽⁷⁾| T: T D B Underwood| OR: 114| D

100/1

Fair chaser at best under Rules but little show in a trio of points since last May (pulled up last time, Jan 1).

Form: 30-430P

Kilronan Castle^p²⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss Heidi Stevens⁽⁷⁾| T: M Sweetland| OR: 87| D

150/1

Fair chaser at best for Donald McCain but pulled up in hunter at Newton Abbot in May and similar story in a point on Feb 5.

Form: 62-25PP

Magic Saint^p,t³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss Olive Nicholls⁽⁷⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 137| C

8/11

Just useful nowadays but went close in a similar event at Hereford last month and this represents an excellent opportunity on these terms.

Form: 7546-42

Non-Runners

Zamparelli²⁴

Weight: 12-6| Age: 11

T: Miss V Collins J: Toby McCain-Mitchell

Green Or Black⁶⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 11

T: E M Rees J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Magic Saint (8/11), Exit Poll (3/1), Envoye Special (4/1), Diligent (12/1), Zamparelli (12/1), Rewritetherules (40/1), Green Or Black (66/1), Demain Des L'Aube (100/1), Kilronan Castle (150/1)

MAGIC SAINT and Exit Poll are the 2 class acts here, with the former preferred in receipt of 8 lb. The in-form Envoye Special is a clear best of the rest.