16:35 Ffos Las

Thursday 8 June 2023

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D W Harries Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 6m 4.0s

Easkey Lad^p,t¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Ben Jones| T: Miss R Curtis| OR: 98| CD

9/4

Produced a career best when winning 11-runner handicap chase at this C&D (good to firm) 17 days ago, jumping soundly. 6 lb rise asks for more but he's still much respected.

Form: 313PF-1

Boagrius^b,t³¹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: H Cobden| T: T R George| OR: 96| D

15/2

Won at Worcester in the autumn but folded worryingly tamely on his return from a break there last month. May have been wanting for race-fitness on that occasion but it remains a disconcerting effort to arrive on the back of, so others are preferred.

Form: 21522-6

Thundersockssundae^p,t⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Hogan⁽⁵⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 96| D

7/2

Creditable third of 8 in handicap chase at Huntingdon (19.9f, good to soft) 53 days ago. Can give another good account from 2 lb lower mark.

Form: 1/41263-

Coal Fire¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: S Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 88

10/3

Caught eye on qualifying run over hurdles here in January but failed to justify support on his handicap bow 17 days ago. Now has benefit of that run under his belt and he's worth a market check swiftly sent chasing.

Form: 7008-6

Tom O'Roughley^b,t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: Sheila Lewis| OR: 82| D

11/2

Scored from out of the weights at Worcester in September and doubled his chase tally on return from a break at Warwick (24f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Didn't look the most straightforward there, though, and 6 lb rise may prove his undoing.

Form: 46514-1

Havana River¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-5| J: R T Dunne| T: R G Hawker| OR: 75| D

12/1

Sprang a surprise at Uttoxeter last spring but offered little in 3 subsequent outings later in the year and has bit to prove now on return from 7 months off.

Form: 1U8P7-3

Baily Gorse^v1²²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: James Best| T: Miss L Blackford| OR: 69

25/1

Remains a maiden after 25 NH runs and hasn't appeared to have returned in any sort of form this year. Visor goes on but looks tricky to fancy from out of weights.

Form: 62/646-P

Non-Runners

Master Sam Bellamy³³

Weight: 11-3| Age: 10

T: W De Best-Turner J: Non Runner

Cresswell Queen¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 8

T: Mrs D A Hamer J: Harry Reed

Forecasts

Easkey Lad (9/4), Coal Fire (10/3), Thundersockssundae (7/2), Cresswell Queen (9/2), Tom O'Roughley (11/2), Boagrius (15/2), Havana River (12/1), Baily Gorse (25/1), Master Sam Bellamy (50/1)

CRESSWELL QUEEN resumed winning ways at Newton Abbot on Wednesday and can follow up if turned out again quickly. Easkey Lad showed improved form to score over C&D last time and rates as the biggest danger, with Thundersockssundae also respected from a 2 lb lower mark.