bet365 Novices' Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 6m 12.70s

Cadell³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 121| D

6/4

Unbeaten in points and impressed when making a winning hurdling bow at Kelso last October. Showed better form when second in 3m Musselburgh novice in February and should come on for this reappearance/chase debut third in a Perth handicap in September. Open to improvement in this sphere.

Form: 1272P-3

Edison Kent^p²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: James Owen| OR: 107

10/1

Back to his best when scoring over hurdles at Uttoxeter in June but hasn't come close to reproducing that in 5 subsequent starts, including in this sphere at Worcester at the beginning of September. Mountain to climb on these terms.

Form: 109586

Farnoge^t¹⁹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 132WS

8/11

Winner of first 3 starts under Rules, including novice hurdles at Newton Abbot and Ascot. Pulled up twice before getting back on track in a first-time tongue strap when third in a Perth listed event (3m, soft) during the spring (since undergone a wind op) and he could make up into a better chaser.

Form: 1/11PP3-

Non-Runners

West Balboa¹⁶

Weight: 10-9| Age: 8

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Forecasts

Farnoge (8/11), West Balboa (4/5), Cadell (6/4), Edison Kent (10/1)

WEST BALBOA was turned over when odds on for her chase debut at Worcester but she can be expected to leave that form well behind now moving back up in trip for the yard that has saddled two of the last three winners of this novice. If Farnoge's jumping passes the test he will likely emerge as the main danger, for all that Cadell first run over fences at Perth was not devoid of promise and he should have more to offer.