16:53 Ffos Las

Thursday 9 February 2023

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Off time: 16:53 | Winning time: 5m 33.0s

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Drop Flight^h³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-6| J: Mr Ben Sutton⁽⁷⁾| T: S Loxton| OR: 115

7/2

Fair winning chaser in France. Absent for 13 months before a respectable third on hunter debut at Taunton a month ago and shouldn't be discounted.

Form: P1P98-3

No Getaway^p1,t³⁴³

Age: 10| Weight: 12-6| J: Mr D Andrews⁽⁵⁾| T: R L Llewellyn| OR: 128WS

15/2

Useful chaser. 17/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, refused in handicap chase at Ludlow (23.8f, heavy). Off 11 months. First run for yard after leaving Dan Skelton. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 415/P3P-

Candy Burg^t²⁷⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr Scott Malson⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Miss Howel| OR: 104| C| D

66/1

Below form when last seen under Rules and little show in a couple of points subsequently. So others make more appeal.

Form: 19/656-3

Envoye Special^h,t²⁷¹

Age: 9| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr James King| T: K Burke| OR: 119

2/1

Fairly useful chaser who ran his best race in hunters when landing a 7-runner event at Cheltenham 9 months ago. Won between the flags subsequently and can make his presence felt if tuned up.

Form: 2441-11

Acey Milan^b,t²⁹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Chad Bament⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 127

9/4

Fairly useful chaser. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Haydock (24.3f, good to firm) 9 months ago. Has gone well fresh in the past and makes plenty of appeal.

Form: F6/7820-

Caveat Emptor^t²⁹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr James Jeavons⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Miss Howel| OR: 79

125/1

Point winner (fell last time in April 2022) but he'll need to improve markedly on what he's done under Rules if he's to compete.

Form: 7402P/F

I Often Wonder²⁹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Myles Osborne⁽⁷⁾| T: M Osborne| OR: 100

12/1

Point winner but his Rules form in Ireland is uninspiring.

Form: 02/155P-

Ofalltheginjoints³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Tommie M O'Brien| T: A B Leyshon| OR: 119

25/1

Proved more miss than hit over fences for the Tizzards last year (pulled up at Southwell in May) and he failed to complete on yard debut between the Flags on New Year's Day. Others make more appeal on balance.

Form: P2P3-PP

Forecasts

Envoye Special (2/1), Acey Milan (9/4), Drop Flight (7/2), No Getaway (15/2), I Often Wonder (12/1), Ofalltheginjoints (25/1), Candy Burg (66/1), Caveat Emptor (125/1)

ACEY MILAN wasn't on his game when last seen but has gone well fresh in the past and gets the marginal vote over Envoye Special. No Getaway is a useful sort on his day, so he's another one to consider on debut for a new yard.