15:30 Fontwell

Friday 19 April 2024

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Yeeehaaa.Bet Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 4m 55.20s

Flamelco³³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽³⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 98| BF

4/1

Shaped like he was ahead of his mark when runner-up here on penultimate outing and is best excused his latest effort (made a significant error) at Huntingdon since. Not the easiest to rely on but worth chancing down in grade.

Form: 7-F3P25

Master Malcolm^b,t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: James Best| T: Mrs E Bishop| OR: 98| C

20/1

Fair handicap chaser at best but has been out of sorts all season and others are more persuasive for all that he's becoming well treated.

Form: 11-PP56

Mister Murchan³²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-11| J: N F Houlihan| T: R Rowe| OR: 95| BF| C

12/1

Losing run stretches back to January 2021 and found one too good again over C&D last time. One to consider for all that he's clearly not the easiest to win with.

Form: 825322

Kalkas^p³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Tom Cannon| T: Billy Aprahamian| OR: 94

33/1

Fairly useful chaser at best for Henry de Bromhead and belatedly proved some ability remains when fourth of 8 in handicap chase at Catterick on penultimate outing. Didn't really back it up at Huntingdon next time, though.

Form: 4/9-6P46

La Breille^p¹⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Harry Bannister| T: R Bandey| OR: 90

25/1

Uninspiring record over hurdles but at least dropping in the weights, so worthy of a market check trying chasing for the first time after 6 months off.

Form: F1P50-6

Touch Tight³³

Age: 12| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr P York⁽⁵⁾| T: P York| OR: 87

18/1

12/1, respectable third of 12 in handicap chase at Southwell 9 months ago. On a fair mark and arrives on the back of some solid efforts in points, so not discounted.

Form: 233222

Jack Doyen^b¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: J M Quinlan| T: B I Case| OR: 84| BF

5/1

Unreliable individual. Latest win in chase at Hereford in March. Creditable second of 7 in handicap chase (3/1) at Hereford (20.9f, soft) 10 days ago, outbattled. Hard to know how long he will hold it together for.

Form: 853F12

Concrete King^p,t³²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: Bryan Carver| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 81

13/2

Four-time winner between the flags but he's 0-19 under Rules. Step back in right direction over C&D last time and this isn't a strong race.

Form: 337653

Guivinec^t⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Rex Dingle| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 76

11/4

Irish point winner who has made a low-key start in bumpers/over hurdles, albeit there was more encouragement when fourth at Wincanton 43 days ago. Could do better making relatively early switch to chasing.

Form: 1-06P54

Elzaaro³³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Brendan Powell| T: K Jewell| OR: 73

9/1

Little to shout about in a bumper/over hurdles and is hard to make a case for switched to chasing for the first time.

Form: 68-544

Millies Mite^p,t⁶⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: M Goldstein| T: K Jewell| OR: 72

10/1

Long-standing maiden who was pulled up over C&D when last seen a couple of months ago, so arrives with something to prove.

Form: P3364P

Forecasts

Guivinec (11/4), Flamelco (4/1), Jack Doyen (5/1), Concrete King (13/2), Elzaaro (9/1), Millies Mite (10/1), Mister Murchan (12/1), Touch Tight (18/1), Master Malcolm (20/1), La Breille (25/1), Kalkas (33/1)

Hard to be confident about any of these but FLAMELCO has shaped as if ahead of his mark this season and is likely to bounce back from a lesser effort, so he's preferred to in-form pair Mister Murchan and Jack Doyen, neither of whom excel in a tight finish.