Dragon Bet Bronze Cup Handicap Chase

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: James Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: R Bevis| OR: 103| C| D

Won first 3 starts in handicap chases but went the wrong way subsequently and pulled up in handicap chase at Uttoxeter (20f, heavy) 48 days ago. Unreliable.

Form: PP/PP-5P

Breizh Alko^p²¹

Age: 13| Weight: 11-13| J: S Bowen| T: M Keighley| OR: 102| D

Veteran who had cheekpieces refitted when posting a good third of 4 in handicap hurdle at Sedgefield 21 days ago. Not discounted reverted to chasing.

Form: P21P-33

Honey I'm Good^t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Isabel Williams⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 101| D

Notched 3 chase wins last spring/summer but form has nosedived, cheekpieces on when only sixth of 7 in handicap chase at Musselburgh (23.6f, soft) 26 days ago. Hard to warm to.

Form: 23P7P6

Light Flicker^p³⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 11-11| J: Callum Pritchard⁽⁷⁾| T: R Potter| OR: 100| D

Encouraging effort when seventh of 19 in a Cheltenham handicap on his reappearance but there have not been any real positives to glean from his 4 subsequent starts.

Form: 6-76PP4

Rouge De L'quest^t1⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Ben Jones| T: Miss R Curtis| OR: 97| D

Winning pointer but below expectations in 3 chase starts this season, again not seeing his race out when fourth of 13 at Chepstow (23.6f) last time. However, it still remains early days for him in this sphere and tongue strap is applied. No forlorn hope.

Form: 342-634

Desert Fortune¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Ned Fox⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 90| D

Didn't offer much over hurdles for Christian Williams but this points winner fared much better on yard/chasing debut when second of 5 in handicap at Leicester (20.1f, heavy) 17 days ago. More to offer over this longer trip. Big player.

Form: 4795P-2

Layerthorpe³⁴⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 10-11| J: Lorcan Williams| T: Mrs D A Hamer| OR: 86| D

Landed a hat-trick in staying handicap hurdles back in 2019 and ran to a similar level on his second start over fences when runner-up at Taunton (23f) in December 2022. However, not in the same form at Hereford 4 months later and has been off again since.

Form: 235/P26-

Forecasts

Desert Fortune (13/8), Breizh Alko (7/2), Danilo D'Airy (4/1), Rouge De L'quest (9/2), Light Flicker (16/1), Honey I'm Good (16/1), Layerthorpe (20/1)

DESERT FORTUNE made a promising start for Venetia Williams when runner-up at Leicester and looks to have been found an excellent opportunity to go one better off the same mark here. Veteran Breizh Alko needs considering back in this sphere after a good recent hurdling effort at Sedgefield, while the far less exposed Rouge de L'Quest could also have a say in the battle for runner-up spot.