15:30 Hereford

Wednesday 14 February 2024

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Vickers.Bet Weekly Free Bet Club Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:31 | Winning time: 5m 32.03s

Mozzaro^p⁶⁴¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: James Best| T: M Keighley| OR: 99

33/1

Mixed record over hurdles but took well to chasing, completing a hat-trick at Uttoxeter 21 months ago. Not seen since, which is an obvious concern, but worthy of consideration if solid in the betting.

Form: 26611/1-

Divine Inspiration⁵⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: David Bass| T: R Bandey| OR: 97| BF

2/1

Irish point winner who made a promising start over fences prior to unseating at Exeter 55 days ago. Has the potential for a bigger effort after a break, so definite player.

Form: 4093-3U

Supasunrise^p³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Finn Lambert⁽⁵⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 91

9/2

Winner at Warwick in November and comes here on the back of a good second of 9 in handicap chase (11/2) at Leicester (20.1f, soft) 35 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 6-31P22

Orange Diamond^p1⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: R Patrick| T: C Boultbee-Brooks| OR: 89

18/1

Fairly useful handicap hurdler in France. Pulled up all 4 starts over fences for this yard, however.

Form: F-5PPPP

Bring The Action^t,v¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke| OR: 86

9/1

Sole success came in Wetherby handicap chase (24.2f) early in 2022 but he did show the benefit of his reappearance run over hurdles when second over fences at Doncaster (26f). Yet to build on that, however.

Form: F5-9246

Family Pot^p,t⁶⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: C Brace| T: Sheila Lewis| OR: 83| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Respectable third on his Hereford reappearance in October but below par since. Others make more make more appeal.

Form: P3-3700

Ballycorr^b⁴⁷⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Ben Godfrey⁽³⁾| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 81

28/1

Justified support as he won his first race of any description at Sedgefield in May 2022. Sub-par efforts on next 2 starts, though, and has a 15-month absence to overcome.

Form: 434/174-

Amalfi Skyline^h⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Harry Bannister| T: P G Murphy| OR: 85| CD

9/4

Lightly raced and left previous form behind when scoring from out of the weights over C&D 41 days ago. Can do better still, so warrants plenty of respect in a race where most have something to prove.

Form: 5U5-P61

School For Scandal^p1¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: Ben Jones| T: J Tickle| OR: 77

7/1

Belatedly opened his account when scoring from the front at Taunton on final start of last season. Good second at Fakenham on return but well below form since. Tried in cheekpieces.

Form: P1-29P7

Autumn Blaze^b¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: S-J Davies| OR: 65

200/1

Seems of little account. Hard to fancy from well out of the weights.

Form: 0-0463P

Non-Runners

Baddesley²²

Weight: 12-0| Age: 9

T: C Gordon J: Freddie Gordon

Spiritus Mundi⁸⁵

Weight: 10-2| Age: 9

T: Mrs N S Evans J: Shane Quinlan

Forecasts

Divine Inspiration (2/1), Amalfi Skyline (9/4), Supasunrise (9/2), School For Scandal (7/1), Bring The Action (9/1), Baddesley (10/1), Family Pot (18/1), Orange Diamond (18/1), Ballycorr (28/1), Spiritus Mundi (33/1), Mozzaro (33/1), Autumn Blaze (200/1)

AMALFI SKYLINE did well to get up from an unpromising position over C&D last time and he's capable of better still, so he gets the marginal vote over Divine Inspiration, who remains with potential as a chaser. Supasunrise is another to consider.