Paxtons No1 CaseIH Dealer Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:23 | Winning time: 5m 19.82s

Passengerontheship^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Jonathan England| T: S England| OR: 108| BF| D

9/4

Brought up a quick-fire 5-timer in May/June (4 wins at Hexham). Got back on track after a couple of lesser efforts when second of 3 in 3m handicap at Warwick last week, though made quite hard work of things.

Form: 111572

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Tanking Along^p,t³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: P Neville| OR: 106| C

3/1

Enthusiastic front runner who opened his account over fences here in March and found only one too good on both starts in May, latterly in 6-runner handicap chase at Perth (2½m, soft), collared only on the run-in. Let down by his jumping at Cartmel since but fancied to bounce back.

Form: 163-225

Thank You Blue^t²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Ian Power| T: J Candlish| OR: 105| C

11/8

Completed a quick-fire hat-trick over hurdles at Ludlow in February. Not the most fluent jumper over fences but again ran well when beaten only a length in 8-runner handicap here in August. Seemed not to stay the much longer trip on most recent outing and will benefit from this return to shorter.

Form: P-43222

Four Decades²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Jack Andrews| T: T Ellis| OR: 89

8/1

Half-sister to a smart chaser but recent efforts uninspiring, including on debut over fences at Worcester (2m) last time. Step back up in trip needs to bring about improvement.

Form: 864-886

Forecasts

Thank You Blue (11/8), Passengerontheship (9/4), Tanking Along (3/1), Four Decades (8/1)

TANKING ALONG was let down by his jumping at Cartmel last time, but he'd been in notably in good form prior to that, so is well worth another chance for an in-form stable. Passengerontheship is narrowly preferred to Thank You Blue for forecast purposes.