Download The Free At The Races App Novices' Handicap Chase

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Murphy's Law¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 119

1/1

Broke a blood vessel when a beaten favourite on handicap debut (hurdles) over 2m here in March; progressive in recent weeks, easily beating Craig Star (runs earlier) by 5L at Bangor (2m7f, good) a fortnight ago; 8lb higher in a new discipline.

Form: 448-421

Inca Gold⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam| OR: 118

8/1

25-1 winner of a Gowran Park novice hurdle (2m, good) for Joseph O'Brien last November; 0-4 over fences in 2019; tries his luck this side of the Irish Sea for Ben Haslam; market can guide.

Form: P7-0407

Desert Island Dusk^t³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Sam Coltherd⁽³⁾| T: M A Barnes| OR: 110| CD

12/1

Four wins over hurdles at this track (2m-2m4f); soon behind and struggling on the final circuit when out of his depth behind Nietzche on chasing debut at Perth (2m, good) in July.

Form: 26F-244

Braavos^b²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Callum Bewley| T: S England| OR: 110| D

11/4

Still seeking his first win over the larger obstacles (0-12); wasn't helped by a final fence blunder when reeled in late by Old Salt at Cartmel (2m5f, soft) on his penultimate start; is likely to race towards the fore in a not overly deep contest.

Form: 375-P25

Tokaramore^h¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Ross Chapman| T: I Jardine| OR: 102| D

11/2

Far from a natural over fences (0-3), although it should be acknowledged that she's faced some stiff tasks in Class 3-4 contests; 4lb lower than when scoring over hurdles at Musselburgh (2m4f, good) in February.

Form: 213-485

Ripstick¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: C O'Farrell| T: J Walton| OR: 77| D

66/1

Winning pointer with very moderate form under rules (0-8); out of the handicap proper, and to any extent can only be considered to be making up the numbers; impossible to consider as a realistic winner (barring accidents).

Form: 2P470-P

Forecasts

Murphy's Law (1/1), Braavos (11/4), Tokaramore (11/2), Inca Gold (8/1), Desert Island Dusk (12/1), Ripstick (66/1)

The progressive MURPHY'S LAW has some experience of fences from his point-to-point days, so that should stand him in good stead. He was well on top of Craig Star (runs earlier) when winning over hurdles at Bangor (2m7f) a fortnight ago and a subsequent 8lb rise in the weights shouldn't necessarily thwart his positive momentum. Assuming that he fences fluently, he's expected to take all of the beating with the front-running Braavos next best on paper.