14:25 Plumpton
Monday 29 January 2018
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Download The Free At The Races App Novices' Handicap Chase
- 5YO plus | Class 4 | 2m 214y | Soft (Heavy in places) | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:26 | Winning time: 4m 35.45s
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Winner just once in 12 starts over timber and hasn't jumped well enough in either chase start so far to be a threat. Drops in trip but must improve his fencing significantly.
Returned from an 11-month layoff in 2m3½f novice chase here last month on soft ground. Was in trouble from a long way out and came home at walking pace. Drops in journey now and sports first-time blinkers.
Ran well for a long way on seasonal bow / first start for this yard in 2m3f heavy-ground Novices' Handicap Hurdle at Warwick last month. Makes debut over the larger obstacles now and market should reveal more.
Maiden hurdler was running promising race on second chase start at Fontwell (2m3½f, heavy) when unseating four out last month. Confidence knocked as a result, ran poorly at Huntingdon since. Drops in distance and not discounted now.
Unable to get off the mark in point-to-points and little sign of change in fortune in couple of hurdles runs here and at Fontwell recently. Improvement to find now sent chasing in first-time cheekpieces.
Now a 29-race maiden, 18 of them over fences. Has placed eight times over these obstacles and run well at times this season. Couldn't rule out, but no surprise if a couple prove better equipped again.
Maiden after seven starts in bumpers/hurdles and has shown very modest ability. On what we have seen, this task looks well beyond his capabilities on his chase debut.
Maiden hurdler, showed some appetite for this discipline on chase bow at Lingfield (2m4f, soft) in November in novice handicap chase. Blunder did for chances here (2m3½f, heavy) earlier this month. Capable of building a challenge.
Irish bumper winner all the way back in 2014, not added to that in 17 runs since. Jumps safely enough as a rule over fences but lacks a gear change when it comes to the crunch.
Off the mark at the fifth attempt over fences when winning a four-runner contest at Fontwell over further last time. He is 5lb higher in a better race, but could be on the upgrade and enters calculations again.
Forecasts
Le Coeur Net (3/1), Two Hoots (6/1), Brother Bennett (6/1), Good Man Hughie (6/1), Money For Nothing (7/1), Sir Hubert (8/1), King Cool (8/1), Norphin (12/1), Hab Sab (25/1), Canyouhearmenow (33/1)
An interesting heat, with last-time-out Fontwell scorer Norphin likely to prove popular. He improved markedly for that success and is not overlooked lightly despite a 5lb hike now. A chance is taken that LE COEUR NET can get things right today. He was travelling sweetly alongside Norphin in that Fontwell contest when his jumping let him down and he never really looked happy turned out again at Huntingdon on Boxing Day. The in-form Noel Fehily returns in the plate today and is the perfect candidate to coax him into a better showing. On much better terms this time, he could turn things around with his old foe. Handicap debutant Two Hoots and Sir Hubert are others worthy of some consideration.
- Le Coeur Net
- Norphin
- Sir Hubert
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £4,874.002nd: £1,431.003rd: £716.004th: £358.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00
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