Spa Motors Hereford Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 3m 51.95s

Dirty Den^p¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: S Bowen| T: Anthony Charlton| OR: 96

2/1

Runner-up in 2m handicap hurdles on his last 3 starts and likely to play a prominent role again if taking to chasing at the first time of asking.

Form: 664222

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Chestnut Pete^t⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: Shane Quinlan⁽³⁾| T: Katy Price| OR: 96

14/1

Long-standing maiden. Proved ability remains on third run back from a long absence when third at Southwell last week but he'll need to step forward again to trouble Iskar d'Airy.

Form: 222-963

Iskar D'airy^t⁷^{(ex 7)}

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Caoilin Quinn| T: G & J Moore| OR: 87| D

4/6

Fair 2m hurdle winner who left his first 2 efforts over fences well behind when winning comfortably at Huntingdon (2m good to soft) in a refitted tongue tie (retained) last Wednesday. A 7 lb penalty shouldn't stop him if showing up here in the same form.

Form: 241/P71

Pooroldmackley⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 74

9/1

Failed to complete both starts in points and only poor form over hurdles, making no impact in handicaps on his last 3 outings. Ran over 3m last time and now drops back to 2m for this chase debut.

Form: 799867

Berliet Express^p1³⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: J Coulson| OR: 67| D

33/1

Dual winner over hurdles but remains a maiden over fences, finishing a remote sixth at Huntingdon last time. Remains to be seen whether first-time cheekpieces (replacing regular tongue tie) make any difference.

Form: 5-P9546

Non-Runners

Night Jet²⁸

Weight: 11-1| Age: 8

T: T Symonds J: Benjamin Poste

Forecasts

Iskar D'airy (4/6), Dirty Den (2/1), Night Jet (15/2), Pooroldmackley (9/1), Chestnut Pete (14/1), Berliet Express (33/1)

A race which to some extent revolves around ISKAR D'AIRY, who proved well suited by a switch to front-running tactics at Huntingdon last week and will likely dominate again if showing up here in the same form. Dirty Den can give him most to do if translating his recent good hurdle form to fences at the first time of asking.