Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 7m 8.5s

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Merrion Avenue⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-2| J: Miss Rosie Howarth⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss R Howarth

7/2

Left previous Rules efforts behind when landing a 4-runner hunter at Hexham 8 days ago but this looks much tougher.

Form: 3P7UP1

Global Racing^p¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss Becky Smith| T: J Cookson| OR: 122| BF

4/5

Fairly useful chaser who has unseated in a couple of bumpers recently but was shaping well on the first occasion at Wetherby, so he ranks as a major player.

Form: 31-2UUU

Mr Pepperpot^v¹⁶

Age: 13| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Paddy Barlow⁽⁷⁾| T: R Tate| OR: 88

20/1

Point winner who has never really achieved much under Rules and is hard to fancy on the back of a remote second in a hunter at Catterick last month.

Form: P27224

Sartorial Elegance^b,t³¹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr John Dawson| T: Mrs Dawson| OR: 100| BF

11/4

Fairly useful form at best for Colin Tizzard, but that was a long time ago and, while he's a multiple point winner (second again last time), others make more appeal.

Form: 3-32122

Non-Runners

Monbeg Chit Chat³²

Weight: 12-2| Age: 11

T: Mrs G B Walford J: Mr Christopher Furness

Forecasts

Global Racing (4/5), Monbeg Chit Chat (6/5), Sartorial Elegance (11/4), Merrion Avenue (7/2), Mr Pepperpot (20/1)

MONBEG CHIT CHAT was up against it at the Cheltenham Festival last time and is expected to bounce back to get the better of Global Racing in what may well develop into a match.