13:20 Newbury

Saturday 1 December 2018

All12:1012:4513:2013:5014:2515:0015:35

Sir Peter O'Sullevan Memorial Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 5m 39.7s

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Selected odds by:

Adrien Du Pont^t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 144| D

4/1

Plenty of decent form to his name over fences and made a pleasing enough reappearance when fourth in a valuable handicap at Ascot. Made a couple of mistakes that day so has room for improvement off the same mark.

Form: 3232F-4

Rocklander⁵⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr N George⁽⁷⁾| T: T R George| OR: 142| CD

10/1

Useful on his day, but can make mistakes and was disappointing when last of five on his return to action at Newton Abbot last month. More needed off 3lb lower.

Form: U13F-P5

On Tour⁴⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 138

9/1

Experienced campaigner whose last victory was achieved at Aintree a year ago. Fair seasonal reappearance run at Chepstow last month and is 2lb lower.

Form: 9F62-65

Kayf Adventure²⁵²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 137| BF| D

10/3

Not many miles on the clock over fences, but boasts a fair level of form. First run since March and tries a longer trip, but has scope for improvement and handles cut in the ground.

Form: 312372-

Brelan D'As^h,t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Lorcan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 134| BF

15/2

Winning hurdler who is 0-4 over fences, but has shown ability, including when runner-up in a novices' handicap at Hereford on his seasonal reappearance. This is a stronger race so he has a fair bit to find off 4lb higher.

Form: 33500-2

Full Irish^p¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: James Bowen| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 133

12/1

First outing since wind surgery when pulling up at Bangor on his recent return to action. Looked out of sorts there and needs to show much more.

Form: 4145P-P

Minella On Line^p²³²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Conor Shoemark| T: O Sherwood| OR: 130

33/1

Last seen when unseating at the 11th in the Topham Chase over the Grand National fences at Aintree in April. Probably best watched on reappearance outing.

Form: 8373FU-

Kapcorse²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Bryony Frost| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 128| BF

12/1

Clear-cut winner of a novices' handicap on chasing debut at Bangor in April, but never landed a blow off this 12lb higher mark on his return to action at this track recently. Needs to find more, but should strip fitter.

Form: 4/6761-7

Valhalla^t⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: T Scudamore| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 128

10/1

Third on both starts on good ground this term. Both chasing wins have been achieved on heavy ground so the more rain the better for him.

Form: 1135-33

Behind Time^p²³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Aidan Coleman| T: H Fry| OR: 126

11/1

Heavy-ground winner at Uttoxeter in March, but was pulled up in two subsequent handicaps. May do better on first run since April and his stable remains in fine form.

Form: 4231PP-

The Bay Birch³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: Stan Sheppard⁽³⁾| T: M Sheppard| OR: 124

18/1

Well beaten in a couple of handicap hurdles this term and no surprise to see her back over fences. Looks to be on a stiff handicap mark.

Form: 112-160

Forecasts

Kayf Adventure (10/3), Adrien Du Pont (4/1), Brelan D'As (15/2), On Tour (9/1), Rocklander (10/1), Valhalla (10/1), Behind Time (11/1), Kapcorse (12/1), Full Irish (12/1), The Bay Birch (18/1), Minella On Line (33/1)

Adrien Du Pont may do best of three stable representatives, but he has a stiff task off top weight and preference is for KAYF ADVENTURE, who is making his seasonal reappearance, has scope for improvement over fences and is versatile ground-wise. If rain arrives, Valhalla will be of interest, while Rocklander has the ability to figure and On Tour should be on the premises off his lower mark. Behind Time represents an in-form stable and could figure on his return from a break.