19:50 Cartmel

Wednesday 29 May 2024

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Welcome Racing TV Members Handicap Chase

Off time: 19:50 | Winning time: 4m 41.87s

Grand Soufle¹¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Charlotte Jones⁽³⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 103| CD

10/1

Scored here in 2022 but he's not the easiest to train and failed to beat a rival over hurdles last time. Off 114 days since and worth monitoring in the betting switched to chasing.

Form: 4221/40-

Libby^v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: R Menzies| OR: 93

7/1

Fair form over hurdles for Joseph O'Brien and more encouragement for this yard the last twice, third of 4 at Perth a fortnight ago. Mark is becoming appealing and can't be ruled out.

Form: 7344-33

Contre Ordre^b,t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: B S Hughes| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 85| D

5/1

Capitalised on a career-low mark to land 17f Sedgefield handicap chase in November. Has generally struggled since, but latest fifth (in first-time blinkers) at Perth was a more positive step.

Form: 36P26-5

Methusalar^p¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: S Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 77

11/4

Winner at Bangor for Alan King back in 2022 but struggled for present connections over both sets of obstacles in recent months. Becoming well treated.

Form: 6U6PP-6

Fathers Advice^p¹⁰⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Bruce Lynn⁽³⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 77

4/1

Runner-up 4 times over hurdles and found one too good on fourth attempt in this sphere at Newcastle in January. Respectable effort there since and not ruled out returning from a short break.

Form: U66326-

Barley Breeze¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Ross Chapman| T: W Coltherd| OR: 75

28/1

Some form in bumpers but has shown very little over obstacles, including for this yard.

Form: P4P/PP-U

Melvich Bay^p⁷⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Joe Williamson⁽³⁾| T: D Brooke| OR: 73

10/1

Poor hurdler who hasn't been firing of late. Unexposed in this sphere (jumped better as race wore on on chase debut in February) and worthy of a market check despite being out of the weights.

Form: 3F33U5-

Robins Field^t,p²²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Benjamin Poste| T: H Dickin| OR: 71

9/2

Filled runner-up spot 5 times over fences but hasn't shown his form for some time.

Form: 52226-6

Non-Runners

Sword Of Fate¹³

Weight: 11-9| Age: 11

T: L Kerr J: D R Fox

Guillaume³⁸

Weight: 11-3| Age: 7

T: D McCain Jnr J: Theo Gillard

Augharue¹⁹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: W Coltherd J: Sam Coltherd

Gouet Des Bruyeres¹⁶²

Weight: 10-10| Age: 8

T: Miss J E Foster J: Craig Nichol

Forecasts

Methusalar (11/4), Fathers Advice (4/1), Robins Field (9/2), Augharue (9/2), Contre Ordre (5/1), Sword Of Fate (11/2), Libby (7/1), Guillaume (8/1), Melvich Bay (10/1), Grand Soufle (10/1), Gouet Des Bruyeres (20/1), Barley Breeze (28/1)

SWORD OF FATE is handicapped to win and, having bounced back to form at Perth last time, he's fancied to add another C&D success to his record. Augharue is a danger if in the same form as last time and Grand Soufle is an interesting chasing debutant for a trainer that does well at his local track.