16:40 Fontwell

Sunday 28 February 2021

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Taste Champagne At champagnepiaff.com Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 7m 10.95s

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Selected odds by:

Djin Conti⁴⁵⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Tom Cannon| T: S C Robinson| OR: 123

16/1

Dual scorer over fences in February/April in 2019 but off the track since finishing pulled up in a point later that year.

Form: 64121/8-

Le Reve^p³⁵⁷

Age: 13| Weight: 11-10| J: Bryony Frost| T: J P Owen| OR: 120

50/1

Useful at his peak but ended his time with Lucy Wadham out of sorts and hard to envisage a revival starting out in hunters on the back of an 11-month lay-off.

Form: 48/35PF-

Heaney⁶⁹¹

Age: 14| Weight: 11-6| J: Daniel Sansom⁽³⁾| T: M Hampton| OR: 102

100/1

Multiple point winner who landed a hunter by a narrow margin at Exeter 23 months ago but hasn't been seen subsequently.

Form: 221321/

Sametegal^p,t²⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 11-6| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 139

2/5

Useful veteran chaser who didn't need to be at his best to land a Wincanton hunter 24 days ago and should have little trouble following up in a weak contest.

Form: 3-33641

Big Dawg⁷⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Cheesman⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs P Tetley

100/1

Once-raced under Rules back in 2016. Point winner since but fell last time and will likely be outclassed.

Form: 5/14-F

Kaiden Michael^b1³⁷¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Fergus Gillard⁽⁵⁾| T: S J Sampson| OR: 84

250/1

Rules form doesn't amount to much and, though he's won between the flags, he's not up to competing in this company.

Form: 321/3P5-

Kashmir Peak^t³⁵⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: A Hill| OR: 120| BF

11/1

Solid placed efforts in this sphere last term, then third in a point almost a year ago. Solid EW claims if he's tuned up.

Form: 212/233-

Only Time'll Tell⁶⁵⁴

Age: 13| Weight: 11-2| J: Alexander Thorne⁽⁵⁾| T: D M Carden| OR: 72

250/1

Winning pointer who has offered little under Rules and hasn't been seen for 21 months, so hard to fancy.

Form: 5PFPP/P-

Oscar O'scar^b1⁷⁷

Age: 13| Weight: 11-2| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Elizabeth Feakes| OR: 95

200/1

Formerly a fair handicap chaser but well into the twilight of his career and point form is uninspiring.

Form: PP6-P6U

Sonneofpresenting²⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 11-2| J: W T Kennedy| T: Miss S Rippon| OR: 120| C

25/1

Good strike rate over fences for Kim Bailey but hit or miss in points and pulled up in a hunter at Warwick earlier in the month. Others preferred.

Form: 1R3/2U-P

State Of Origin^t¹²²¹

Age: 12| Weight: 11-2| J: Alan Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Britten| OR: 100

125/1

One-time fair chaser in Ireland but he's been off the track over 3 years. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 0484P3/

Tanit River^t³⁵⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-2| J: Charlie Price⁽⁵⁾| T: R L Llewellyn| OR: 116

25/1

Regressive when last seen under Rules almost 2 years ago and subsequent pointing exploits don't inspire much confidence.

Form: 48P7/4P-

The Galloping Bear^t1¹¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Millie Wonnacott⁽⁷⁾| T: Ben Clarke

10/3

Seemed in need of experience in a bumper at Exeter in 2019 but he's won several points since and was runner-up on his latest outing in that sphere. Still likely to come up short.

Form: 5/2111-2

Tommo⁶⁹³

Age: 11| Weight: 11-2| J: James Best| T: Miss M P Bryant

200/1

£1,200 9-y-o, Marienbard gelding. Winning pointer, last of 3 last time (Apr 20219). Others make more appeal.

Form: PP2243/

Stream Lady³⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Kevin Jones⁽³⁾| T: L Humphrey| OR: 102| D

80/1

Fair but temperamental chaser for David Pipe. Returns from a year-long absence with plenty to find on form, so hard to make a solid case for.

Form: 3P5320-

Frelia⁸⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-9| J: C Brace| T: D Gibbs

28/1

Fair form in hunters in 2017 and multiple point winner. Below form between the flags 84 days ago, however, leaving him with a bit to prove.

Form: P/4122-5

Forecasts

Sametegal (2/5), The Galloping Bear (10/3), Kashmir Peak (11/1), Djin Conti (16/1), Sonneofpresenting (25/1), Tanit River (25/1), Frelia (28/1), Le Reve (50/1), Stream Lady (80/1), Heaney (100/1), Big Dawg (100/1), State Of Origin (125/1), Oscar O'scar (200/1), Tommo (200/1), Kaiden Michael (250/1), Only Time'll Tell (250/1)

SAMTEGAL comfortably landed a similar event at Wincanton recently and faces a straightforward task in his bid to follow up. He's an obvious selection ahead of Kashmir Peak, who performed with credit in this sphere last season.