15:13 Wincanton

Sunday 26 December 2021

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NFU Yeovil Mid Season Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:13 | Winning time: 5m 20.37s

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Selected odds by:

The Unit³⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-13| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| OR: 121| D

6/1

Dual 2m4f novice chase winner in 2018 but mostly out of sorts since his reappearance last season, finding little at Kempton last time. Hard to make a solid case for despite sliding mark.

Form: 6304-73

Corran Cross³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽³⁾| T: R Bandey| OR: 120

4/1

Maiden hurdle winner at Perth in June and made seamless transition to fences at Downpatrick in August. Has run a few encouraging races for new yard in handicap chases this autumn so rates a player.

Form: 611422

Another Stowaway^p,t⁵²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Thomas Doggrell⁽⁷⁾| T: T R George| OR: 119

16/1

Useful chaser at best and back to form from out of the blue when winning at Ludlow in April. Stepped up on his reappearance when fourth at Ludlow last month but not sure to be in same mood here.

Form: P641-44

Mont Saint Vincent²³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Ben Jones| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 117

6/1

Found improvement when opening account in 9-runner novice hurdle at Ffos Las (21.9f) in April. Failed to progress back there a month later and now makes chase debut/reappearance.

Form: 451-4

Foxboro^p1²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: James Best| T: R Walford| OR: 117

10/3

German Flat winner who won twice over hurdles in France in 2019. Creditable efforts on both starts over fences recently and cheekpieces go back on here. One for the shortlist.

Form: 1/2P5-54

Iron Mike¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Angus Cheleda⁽⁵⁾| T: H Brown| OR: 116

11/4

Runner-up on a couple of occasions over hurdles last term and has made an encouraging start to his chasing career, shaping well for this yard when second over C&D 12 days ago. Not dismissed lightly.

Form: P24-442

Native Robin^p,t¹⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 11-6| J: Rex Dingle| T: J Scott| OR: 114| CD

11/1

Regained the winning thread when accounting for 4 rivals at Fontwell (21.6f) in October. Bumped into a pair of better-handicapped rivals next time and holds each-way claims here.

Form: 12P0-13

Lure Des Pres^p1²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Jack Martin⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss L Blackford| OR: 74

50/1

Successful twice between the flags, but hasn't threatened under Rules, beaten some way out over 26.7f here earlier this month. Good bit to prove at present.

Form: 4-P3P85

Non-Runners

Ahead Of The Field¹⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: Miss E C Lavelle J: Thomas Bellamy

Master Work¹⁷

Weight: 11-10| Age: 8

T: P Hobbs & J White J: T J O'Brien

Great Khan²²

Weight: 11-6| Age: 10

T: P Henderson J: David Noonan

Confirmation Bias³¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: P F Nicholls J: Lorcan Williams

Forecasts

Iron Mike (11/4), Foxboro (10/3), Corran Cross (4/1), Ahead Of The Field (4/1), The Unit (6/1), Mont Saint Vincent (6/1), Native Robin (11/1), Confirmation Bias (12/1), Master Work (14/1), Another Stowaway (16/1), Great Khan (33/1), Lure Des Pres (50/1)

A few in with chances but this can go to CORRAN CROSS. Richard Bandey's charge has shaped with encouragement on all 3 starts so far and, having dropped in the weights and with the talented Mitchell Bastyan taking off a further 3 lb, he can notch a third career success. Ahead Of The Field proved a different proposition when winning at Southwell a fortnight ago so he's feared most, ahead of Foxboro.