13:15 Ludlow

Monday 25 November 2024

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RacingTV Club Day Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 6m 17.23s

Another Day Out^h⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: James Best| T: M Keighley| OR: 99| D

13/2

Winless following 7 attempts over hurdles but successful on second chase start at Huntingdon in May and just failed over this C&D last month. However, subsequent refusal to race at Leicester means that she has to be treated with a degree of caution. Hood refitted.

Form: 4-8152R

Touchwoodexpress²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Toby McCain-Mitchell⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 95| BF| D

5/2

Successful on sole outing in points and, with cheekpieces enlisted, he improved on his exploits over hurdles when making a winning handicap chase debut at Huntingdon (23.6f, good) last month. Followed that with a good second at Warwick and he may well have more to offer in this sphere.

Form: 36-4912

Coconut Twist^b¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Harry Reed| T: Daisy Hitchins| OR: 95| D

9/2

Point winner at the start of the year and made a successful chase debut starting out for this yard at Newton Abbot (21f, soft) in May. Bounced back from a couple of low-key efforts when third of 8 off this mark in first-time blinkers (retained) at Lingfield recently and he's a big player.

Form: 632463

Jo Lescribaa²⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 90

2/1

Placed in a couple of French bumpers and showed ability over hurdles last season. Rather disappointing at Chepstow on final outing of that campaign but, like many from this yard, he could improve for the switch to fences.

Form: 66346-

Fashion's Model^p³²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Kimber| T: Sheila Lewis| OR: 83| D

33/1

Improved to win 5-runner handicap chase at Wincanton (20.2f, heavy) on final start of last term. However, she was beaten a long way out on her seasonal reappearance here and will need to leave that well behind if she's to play a leading role in this contest.

Form: P24P1-8

Blackacre^p1¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 75

9/1

Remains a maiden and failed to step up on his hurdles form when switched to fences for the first time at Hereford 13 days ago.

Form: 3P2-356

Watchoutitscookie¹⁹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke| OR: 74| BF

11/1

No great shakes over hurdles but was a winner in that sphere off this mark in 2023 and latest third in a Perth handicap chase (23.8f, good to soft) was his best effort yet over the larger obstacles. Remains open to improvement as a chaser.

Form: 92435-3

Non-Runners

Iron D'ex²⁷

Weight: 11-13| Age: 6

T: Sheila Lewis J: Sean Houlihan

Forecasts

Jo Lescribaa (2/1), Touchwoodexpress (5/2), Coconut Twist (9/2), Another Day Out (13/2), Iron D'ex (8/1), Blackacre (9/1), Watchoutitscookie (11/1), Fashion's Model (33/1)

TOUCHWOODEXPRESS has taken well to fences, building on his Huntingdon chase debut success when finding just one too good at Warwick earlier this month. As a 5-y-o his best days are surely ahead of him and he earns the vote ahead of Watchoutitscookie, who remains open to improvement in this sphere. Coconut Twist and Jo Lescribaa are others to consider.