Borders Growers & Distillers Corinthian Spirit 'Grassroots' Hunters' Chase Series Final

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 6m 41.32s

Hermann Clermont^t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-4| J: Mr Nick Orpwood⁽³⁾| T: R Dobbin| OR: 120

2/1

Fairly useful chaser (for Gordon Elliott) who was far from disgraced second in a hunter here recently. Clear form pick who should take the beating.

Form: 12SFP-2

Shanroe Street^v¹¹

Age: 13| Weight: 12-1| J: Gregor Walkingshaw⁽⁷⁾| T: G Walkingshaw| OR: 102

13/2

Fair chaser who produced his best effort for a while when landing a 4-runner 11 days ago. This requires a bit more but he's hard to dismiss.

Form: 3/U422-1

Cooking Fat^p⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Jack Holliday⁽⁷⁾| T: J C Clark| OR: 105

14/1

Multiple point winner but returned to Rules with a poor effort at Musselburgh. Unseated at Hexham since and others make more appeal.

Form: 54RU6-3

Slievegar^t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Toby McCain-Mitchell⁽⁷⁾| T: P Rowley| OR: 106

4/5

Multiple point winner who showed first form under Rules and shaped better than the bare result when second in a hunter at Cheltenham last time. Merits respect.

Form: 42112-2

Non-Runners

Steely Addition¹¹

Weight: 12-4| Age: 11

T: C T Dawson J: Mr Paddy Barlow

Forecasts

Slievegar (4/5), Hermann Clermont (2/1), Steely Addition (5/2), Shanroe Street (13/2), Cooking Fat (14/1)

HERMANN CLERMONT is likely to build on his recent second at this course, so he takes preference over Steely Addition, who is anticipated to reverse the form with his Perth conqueror Shanroe Street.