Explore Shared Ownership At inthepaddock.co.uk Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 6m 32.07s

Inoui Machin^p²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Dylan Johnston⁽³⁾| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 120

7/1

Dual bumper winner who scored twice over hurdles last season, namely a Hereford maiden in March and a Kempton handicap 2 months later. Certainly built to make a chaser but he didn't take particularly well to fences upped to 3m on debut in this sphere at Ludlow 3 weeks ago. Yard also runs Kelce.

Form: 2413-13

Moon Hunter^p1³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: H D Daly| OR: 119| D

5/4

Winning pointer who was 2-5 over hurdles and didn't shape at all badly on chase debut at Cheltenham last October. However, he has looked rather laboured since, including on return at Chepstow. Hopes here pinned on the first-time cheekpieces giving him a lift, which is not an impossibility.

Form: 0/485F-4

Montregard^p²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Stan Sheppard| T: T Lacey| OR: 109| BF

11/10

Just second handicap when winning 11-runner contest in first-time cheekpieces at Wetherby in March. Followed that with a good effort at the Punchestown Festival and while he failed to land a blow on debut in this sphere back at Wetherby last month, this 5-y-o remains of interest.

Form: 31/613-6

Non-Runners

Kelce⁶

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: N P Mulholland J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Montregard (11/10), Moon Hunter (5/4), Kelce (15/8), Inoui Machin (7/1)

KELCE has produced two bold front-running performances since tackling the larger obstacles and he is taken to make it third time lucky in this sphere. Forget Montregard's chase debut display at Wetherby, as this half-brother to top-class performer Protektorat will likely leave that form well behind here and he is the clear main danger. Moon Hunter has the ability to feature if responding well to the first-time headgear but Inoui Machin's debut effort over fences was somewhat inauspicious.