13:45 Worcester
Monday 8 May 2023
All13:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:5016:2016:50
Purple Granite Handicap Chase
- 5YO plus  |  Class 3  |  2m 110y  |  Good  |  11 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:45Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 11.5s
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Useful chaser who won 5 times during 2021/22 and outclassed the opposition in a brace of novice hurdles last summer. Lost action final start but definite encouragement to glean from his reappearance spin over hurdles at Newbury (20.5f) in March. Interesting back over fences.
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Bounced back to form returned to less testing ground when landing 4-runner Sandown handicap (15.5f) in February. Respectable third at Warwick next time but he again struggled when pulled up at Kempton (18f) 2 weeks ago. Quicker ground here may help.
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Point/hurdles winner who cemented positive start over fences when off the mark in 5-runner novices' handicap at Huntingdon (19.8f) back in January. Looked to score more decisively than narrow margin suggests and good chance there's more to come in this sphere.
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Dual winner as a novice over hurdles and perfect start over fences when successful at Fontwell (17.7f) in October. Improved when third at Wetherby a month later but he proved disappointing both starts thereafter. Needs to bounce back returned from 4 months off.
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In good form under both codes and he enhanced his fine record at Fakenham when landing 4-runner handicap hurdle at that venue 4 weeks ago. Ease back in trip will hold no fears and he's a player back over fences from 5 lb higher mark.
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Winless over fences in Ireland but improved model for new stable, completing hat-trick in good style at Sedgefield (17f, soft) in January. Run with credit all 3 starts in defeat subsequently but present mark just demands that little bit more.
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Left yard debut effort over hurdles in his wake when second over fences at Leicester (20f) in February. Mixed bag in 2 starts since but his latest Huntingdon third was a creditable display. Eased a little more in weights ahead of this.
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Successful twice over hurdles last season and posted his best run over fences when second at Taunton in January. Pulled up after 3 months off at Chepstow last time though so has something to prove.
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Course winner who completed a quick-fire hat-trick in small field handicap chases last summer and easily his best effort since when third at Wincanton (15.7f) in January. Took a heavy fall back at that venue a month later but given time ahead of this.
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Progressive 4-time winner over hurdles who took his form up a notch over fences in the autumn, scoring at Newton Abbot prior to a good fourth in a Cheltenham novice (15.9f) in October. Entitled to be sharper for a return spin on Flat last month ahead of switch back to chasing.
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Fair chaser but he's not the most straightforward. Cashed in on a reduced mark over C&D last summer but not scaled same heights on 2 of his 3 starts since, finding little when fourth in 7-runner Plumpton handicap (17f) 4 weeks ago.
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Forecasts
Swaffham Bulbeck (16/5), Noahthirtytwored (11/2), Give Me A Moment (6/1), Raffle Ticket (7/1), Glajou (7/1), The Big Lense (10/1), Arthur's Quay (10/1), Zacony Rebel (11/1), Kauto The King (16/1), Bun Doran (25/1), Earth Company (25/1)
This looks competitive but SWAFFHAM BULBECK comes here in good form over hurdles, successful at Fakenham on his latest outing 4 weeks ago and, with his revised mark looking within reach back over fences, he could be the answer. Give Me A Moment, Raffle Ticket and Noahthirtytwored are a trio of others fancied to be in the shake-up.
- Swaffham Bulbeck16/5
Prize Money
1st: £6,337.002nd: £2,916.003rd: £1,458.004th: £730.005th: £364.00
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