Strong Flavours Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:21 | Winning time: 6m 26.74s

Magical Arthur^t,v⁷^{(ex 7)}

Age: 6| Weight: 12-7| J: Lewis Saunders⁽⁷⁾| T: J Candlish| OR: 96| D

5/6

Continues to progress, making in 2 wins in his last 3 starts at Kempton (24.6f, good to soft) last week, despite a ragged display of jumping in different headgear. Conditional negates a 7 lb penalty so has to have major claims of going in again.

Form: 842121

Chancellorstown^p1²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: K Brogan| T: T Lawes| OR: 88

6/1

No impact first 3 runs over hurdles (contested good races at Newbury twice). Placed twice in points but failed to take to chasing at Huntingdon in March and possibly failed to get home returning from 7 months off back over timber at Fontwell recently. First-time headgear applied.

Form: 3/4007-4

Flemen's Tipple^p¹⁷²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽³⁾| T: A Irvine| OR: 87

20/1

Runner-up a few times over hurdles and finally got his head in front over the larger obstacles in decisive fashion at Huntingdon (23.6f, good to firm) in May. Possibly amiss given the way he wilted at Warwick (24f, good to soft) 3 weeks later and makes his return back over timber.

Form: 26P6-1P

Bella Cavalla^p²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: H Cobden| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 77

15/8

Temperamental sort who has made the frame on 4 of her last 5 starts in handicap hurdles, most recently finding just one too good at this C&D (soft) 4 weeks ago. Obvious claims with Harry Cobden taking over in the plate for a red-hot yard.

Form: P-35422

Forecasts

Magical Arthur (5/6), Bella Cavalla (15/8), Chancellorstown (6/1), Flemen's Tipple (20/1)

Another small field to close the card and MAGICAL ARTHUR is selected to make it 3 wins in his last 4 starts. His conditional negates a 7 lb penalty he picked up at Kempton last week, so he's fancied to continue his progress at the expense of Bella Cavalla, who found just one too strong over C&D 4 weeks ago and may have to settle for silver again with Harry Cobden an eye-catching jockey booking.