Glen Scotia Single Malt Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 5m 58.94s

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The Crooner¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-3| J: T Scudamore| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 115| BF

2/1

Fair hurdle winner who opened chase account at third attempt at Leicester (2m4f) last month. Clear of rest when good second over C&D 10 days ago and still looks on a fair mark.

Form: PP-6712

Cherokee Bill³⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Lee Edwards| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 110WS

13/2

Fair maiden hurdler/chaser for Noel Meade who made encouraging debut for this yard when fourth at Hereford (20.9f) on return. Failed to build on that both starts since, however.

Form: U2P-434

High Noon^p⁸⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Billy Garritty⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 103

11/1

Fair hurdler at best for Emma Lavelle and opened chase account over 2½m at Musselburgh in January last season. Good runner-up efforts next 2 starts but stopped quickly on return in December.

Form: P5122-P

Magic River^t,v³¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Kevin Jones⁽³⁾| T: M F Harris| OR: 98

9/2

Fair chaser who looked as good as ever when runner-up under a waiting ride at Wincanton though made hard work of things when fourth next 2 starts.

Form: 4-25244

Invincible Cave^p³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon| OR: 97

10/3

Tricky customer who was clearly rejuvenated when landing back-to-back handicap hurdles at up to 25f in November. Off the mark in this sphere at Fakenham last month so warrants respect.

Form: 5113P1

West Lake^p,t¹²⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-3| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 87

17/2

Multiple-point winner, pulled up last time (Oct 25). Little impact 3 starts under Rules but has joined a respected yard. Worth a market check.

Form: 02/333-P

Burgess Dream^p⁴⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 10-0| J: David Noonan| T: Miss A M Newton-Smith| OR: 77| C

18/1

Dual winner in December 2018 and revived all of a sudden to defy the lowest mark of career at Plumpton in December. Merely underlined inconsistency next time, however, and 7 lb out of weights here.

Form: P3-P41P

Forecasts

The Crooner (2/1), Invincible Cave (10/3), Magic River (9/2), Cherokee Bill (13/2), West Lake (17/2), High Noon (11/1), Burgess Dream (18/1)

THE CROONER is getting the hang of things over fences now and is still handily treated, so looks the one to beat. Invincible Cave is in a good place at the moment and is next best.