16:00 Newton Abbot

Wednesday 25 May 2022

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Totnes And Bridgetown Chase Company Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 5m 26.4s

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Selected odds by:

Adrien Du Pont^t⁵⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-8| J: Freddie Gingell⁽⁷⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 134| BF| D

11/10

Useful operator in this sphere and would have made a winning return but for falling 2 out at Wincanton in March. Disappointing at Ascot since but likely to bounce back.

Form: 511/4F2-

Wotzizname^t¹⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 12-4| J: Miss Megan Bevan⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Ward| OR: 125| C

5/2

Useful hurdler/chaser. Won 2-runner hunter chase at this course 2 weeks ago by 45 lengths from Smithscorner, easily. Hard to know exactly what that form is worth, but seemingly retains plenty of ability.

Form: 13331-1

Ecu De La Noverie^p⁷⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Maxwell| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 128| BF

10/3

Useful chaser earlier in his career and, while still some way short of that form when third in a hunter at Leicester 75 days ago, it was a step in the right direction, so he merits consideration.

Form: 534/483-

Kilronan Castle^p¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Andrews⁽⁵⁾| T: M Sweetland| OR: 94

50/1

Fair chaser for Donal McCain but this is his first rules outing since 2018 and he was unplaced between the flags last time.

Form: 0962-25

Pointed And Sharp^h²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Edwards| T: M Hoskins| OR: 93

100/1

Triple chase winner in 2019 but drawn a blank since and pulled up at Cheltenham last time. Set for another struggle.

Form: 4FP5P-P

Skylander³⁹

Age: 13| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr Otis Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss A Bacon| OR: 100| C

33/1

Fairly useful jumper (won over hurdles here) and dual point winner more recently, including last time. This is a big ask on first Rules outing for more than 4 years, though.

Form: 125731-

Smithscorner¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr Jake Bament⁽⁷⁾| T: G Chambers| OR: 110

66/1

Fairly useful chaser in Ireland at one point but he's not the force of old and has returned to Rules with a couple of lacklustre efforts.

Form: 13P35-2

Story Of Friends²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr George Hiscock⁽⁷⁾| T: S Hosie| OR: 105| C

11/1

One-time fairly useful hurdler but has shown no promise in hunters for current stable lately.

Form: 55212-P

Forecasts

Adrien Du Pont (11/10), Wotzizname (5/2), Ecu De La Noverie (10/3), Story Of Friends (11/1), Skylander (33/1), Kilronan Castle (50/1), Smithscorner (66/1), Pointed And Sharp (100/1)

ADRIEN DU PONT has been given some time since a tame display at Ascot and, if back to the form he was showing before falling on his penultimate outing, he should be able to get the better ofr Wotzizname and Ecu de La Noverie, who were both useful at their peak.