INEOS Grenadier Mixed Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 18:36 | Winning time: 6m 58.95s

Dandy Dan⁴⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-4| J: Miss L Keen-hawkins⁽⁷⁾| T: J Bourne| OR: 127| CD

7/2

Temperamental sort for Kim Bailey but made a winning start for this yard in this race last year. Creditble third in Champion Hunter at Stratford the following month. Disappointing at the Festival here in March but capable of bouncing back.

Form: 11/133P-

Myth Buster^p²⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 12-4| J: Miss L Bradstock⁽⁷⁾| T: S Bradstock| OR: 127

16/1

One-time useful chaser (for Henry de Bromhead). Also won a Musselburgh hunter last winter but he was beaten when unseating 2 out at the Festival here in March. Second in point since but others stronger back under Rules.

Form: P2F1U2-

Polydora^p²⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 12-4| J: Mr H Myddelton⁽⁷⁾| T: A Hill| OR: 114

40/1

Fairly useful chaser for Tom Lacey earlier in his career. Point winner for this yard since (runner-up last twice) but likely to find at least the odd one too strong back under Rules.

Form: P1/4422-

Premier Magic^p,t⁴⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-4| J: Mr Bradley Gibbs⁽³⁾| T: B Gibbs| OR: 140| CD

8/11

Multiple point winner who sprung a 66/1 surprise over C&D at the Festival in March but there didn't appear to be any fluke about it and he's very much the one to beat if showing up in similar form.

Form: 1P1/111-

Encounter A Giant^p1,t²⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr H Crow⁽⁵⁾| T: T Britten| OR: 118| D

18/1

Fairly useful for Alastair Ralph and arrives on the back of 2 point wins (in cheekpieces) for current connections.

Form: 34/6P11-

Rebel Dawn Rising²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr D Peters⁽³⁾| T: D Kemp| OR: 130| BF

5/1

Multiple point scorer who won a Leicester hunter last season and would have landed another at Fakenham last month but for unseating at the last (5 lengths ahead at the time). Unlikely to be too far away with a clear round.

Form: 1/P4B1U-

Trappist Monk¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr Daniel Kyne⁽⁷⁾| T: R Varnham| OR: 112| D

25/1

Has won all 4 starts (3 of them points) this year, comfortably seeing off 3 rivals in a Fontwell hunter in February. Will need a big career best to extend that winning sequence to 5, though.

Form: 191111-

Forecasts

Premier Magic (8/11), Dandy Dan (7/2), Rebel Dawn Rising (5/1), Myth Buster (16/1), Encounter A Giant (18/1), Trappist Monk (25/1), Polydora (40/1)

If PREMIER MAGIC is in anything like the same form as when successful at the Festival in March he'll be very hard to beat. Dandy Dan was pulled up at the Festival but he won this race last year and can bounce back and provide the chief threat ahead of Rebel Dawn Rising, who would have won at Fakenham recently but for unseating at the last.