17:25 Cheltenham

Friday 5 May 2023

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Lycetts Insurance Brokers Intermediate Point-To-Point Hunters' Chase

Off time: 17:26 | Winning time: 6m 57.02s

All Is True⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss Gina Andrews| T: T Ellis

4/1

£20,000 5-y-o, Court Cave gelding. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler Tango Knight. Easily won last 3 starts in points (latest Mar 26) and makes plenty of appeal on first go in hunters.

Form: 7/34111-

Bonamargy¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Murray Dodd⁽⁷⁾| T: Benjamin Durrell

50/1

€14,000 3-y-o, Arcadio gelding. Multiple point winner, including latest start (Apr 22). Interesting to see if the market speaks in his favour on hunter bow.

Form: 1/P5421-

Camdonian²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Christopher Furness⁽⁷⁾| T: J Teal| OR: 111

8/1

Fair hurdler for Dan Skelton who has landed each of his 3 outings in points since last seen under Rules, so looks a player switched to hunters for the first time.

Form: 2/46111-

Frisson Collonges²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr F Henderson⁽⁷⁾| T: J H Henderson| OR: 105

66/1

Maiden hurdler for Dan Skelton. Multiple point winner, runner-up last time (Apr 10). Worth monitoring in the betting on first go in hunters.

Form: 2/P3122-

Lift Me Up⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr James King| T: Miss M Filby

3/1

Won last 3 of 4 starts in points (Feb 4, third one) and impressed when landing a 7-runner hunter at Newbury (despite hanging left late on) 42 days ago. Strong claims of following up.

Form: 2/1111-

Pyleigh Court⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss Ella Herbison⁽⁷⁾| T: R Pudd

11/1

Passing Glance gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Go Steady. Multiple point winner, beat sole rival last time. Can't be completely dismissed.

Form: 3P1/121-

Quintin's Man¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Andrews⁽⁵⁾| T: J Heard| BF

18/1

Multiple point winner and made a solid start in this sphere when runner-up at Exeter a fortnigh ago. Longer trip should suit but a chunk of improvement is necessary if he's to feature.

Form: 114112-

Slievegar^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Toby McCain-Mitchell⁽⁷⁾| T: P Rowley

20/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 40/1, pulled up in hunter chase at Cartmel (21.2f, good to soft) 11 months ago. Multiple point winner since (runner-up last time) but others make more appeal.

Form: P42112-

Tekap^v1¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr A Wright⁽⁷⁾| T: N R Wright

66/1

Runner-up in a novice hunter at Stratford when last seen under Rules a couple of years ago. Dual winner between the flags but likely to be outclassed.

Form: 25/3332-

The New Kid^p1²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Peters⁽³⁾| T: D Peters

33/1

€37,000 3-y-o, £7,000 6-y-o, Flemensfirth gelding. Dam, ran once in bumper. Winning pointer, runner-up again last time (Apr 10). Not a forlorn hope switched to hunters.

Form: 31/2P22-

Theshoddytradesman⁶²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Bradley Gibbs⁽³⁾| T: B Gibbs

2/1

€6,000 3-y-o, Mount Nelson gelding. Dam (c62/h80) placed over hurdles/sole start in chases. Successful last 4 of 6 starts in points (beat Pyleigh Court a neck latest, Mar 4). One to consider.

Form: 1111-

Red Opium^p1⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr H Crow⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs C Coward| OR: 71

100/1

No form under Rules but multiple point winner, including last time, so not completely dismissed on hunter debut.

Form: 421221-

Runwiththetide²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Alice Stevens⁽³⁾| T: Miss Kelly Morgan| OR: 94

16/1

Modest hurdler for Dan Skelton who has enjoyed success between the flags. Will need to up her game if she's to make her presence felt, though.

Form: 83/0P11-

Forecasts

Theshoddytradesman (2/1), Lift Me Up (3/1), All Is True (4/1), Camdonian (8/1), Pyleigh Court (11/1), Runwiththetide (16/1), Quintin's Man (18/1), Slievegar (20/1), The New Kid (33/1), Bonamargy (50/1), Tekap (66/1), Frisson Collonges (66/1), Red Opium (100/1)

LIFT ME UP has a good strike rate in points and made a successful Rules debut in a Newbury hunter in March so, with more to come, he looks the solid option. All Is True has won his last 3 outings in points with plenty to spare, so he looks the main threat ahead of Theshoddytradesman, although the market will be informative.