13:32 Huntingdon

Sunday 17 March 2024

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Happy St Patricks Day From Rhino.Bet Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:32 | Winning time: 4m 21.34s

Flamelco³²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: N F Houlihan| T: G & J Moore| OR: 100

5/2

Fairly useful winning hurdler in France. Ran well on form when runner-up at Fontwell last month, albeit tying up before the last having seemingly had the race in safe keeping. Still a player if in same form here.

Form: 57-F3P2

Kalkas^p¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: Billy Aprahamian| OR: 100| D

10/1

Fairly useful chaser at best for Henry de Bromhead and belatedly proved some ability remains when fourth of 8 in handicap chase at Catterick (15.7f, soft, 28/1) 19 days ago. His task now is to build on that.

Form: 24/9-6P4

Ferrybridge^h³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Lily Pinchin| T: James Owen| OR: 88

13/2

Eked out a bit of improvement when taking a weak 8-runner handicap hurdle at Newcastle (17f, good to soft) in December. Discouraging effort on chase debut at Fakenham last month though and others are preferred.

Form: 453153

Yellow Jacket^t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽³⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 80

9/2

Took advantage of a slipping mark when shedding his maiden tag in a 7-runner handicap chase (10/3) at Bangor (17.4f, heavy) 18 days ago, idling near finish. More needed in a stronger contest from 4 lb higher though.

Form: 324-251

Pep Talking³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: James Davies| T: P R Webber| OR: 78

7/1

Easily beat only other finisher second outing in points but no impact in 4 starts over timber. Best watched switched to fences.

Form: 21-P608

Duneomeno¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 77| D

5/2

Chase debut here (2m) in February 2022 for Christian Williams. Some promise on his return from an 18-month absence when fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Ludlow (15.8f, heavy) 17 days ago and looks worth noting from this mark sent back over fences.

Form: 4P/765-4

Torrent Des Mottes^p¹²²

Age: 13| Weight: 10-2| J: Benjamin Poste| T: J R Cornwall| OR: 70| CD

50/1

All 3 career wins have come at this course but is winless for almost 3 years and showed nothing when pulled up at Market Rasen last time.

Form: 67433-P

Non-Runners

Superstylin¹³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: Miss S Smith J: S Bowen

Forecasts

Duneomeno (5/2), Flamelco (5/2), Superstylin (4/1), Yellow Jacket (9/2), Ferrybridge (13/2), Pep Talking (7/1), Kalkas (10/1), Torrent Des Mottes (50/1)

SUPERSTYLIN remains with potential in this sphere and is fancied to take his record over fences to 2-3. Flamelco's profile is patchy but he's capable from this mark if on a going day, whilst Duneomeno is intriguing returned to fences on his second start after a lengthy absence.