16:35 Uttoxeter
Saturday 4 May 2024
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Adept GRP Cabinets Handicap Chase
- 5YO plus | Class 4 | 2m 4f 189y | Soft | 8 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 5m 33.64s
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Losing run is mounting up but the handicapper is showing mercy and he would be a danger to all if reproducing the level of form he showed in handicaps at Chepstow in October (and also when third at Newcastle in December). Trip/ground fine.
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Point/bumper winner who looked a good prospect when landing brace of novice hurdles during first half of 2021. Unsurprisingly shaped as if needing first start for 33 months at Wetherby in January (weakened quickly) and this promises to reveal more. Chase debut.
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This mark is a good one judged on his reappearance third to Nassalam but he's run abysmally on all 4 outings since, tried in various types of headgear in the process. Needs to bounce back in a major way.
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Low-mileage 7-y-o who bounced back to form when second of 7 in handicap hurdle at Market Rasen (23f, soft) in February. First-time cheekpieces (omitted here) didn't have the desired effect when beaten 25 lengths into third at Wincanton the following month and has since changed yards.
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Yet to win a race of any description and his most recent efforts have been underwhelming. On the upside, his mark is on the slide and he would have a fighting chance back down in trip here if reproducing the form of his Exeter third in November. Visor applied.
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Form nosedived after he landed a Cheltenham handicap at the beginning of his 2022/23 campaign, and this veteran is probably worth taking on, for all that he has slipped to a dangerous mark.
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Lost his way for David Pipe but has gradually recaptured his form since joining present yard and he was a runaway winner of a 17.2f Market Rasen handicap last month. Moving back up in trip shouldn't be an issue and a 10 lb rise is unlikely to prevent him from going in again.
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Bagged 3 handicap chases in 2023, readily making all at Plumpton (17f, good) for latest success in September. However, he hasn't put his best foot forward in 2 starts since returning from a break in March.
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Forecasts
Texard (15/8), Nocte Volatus (16/5), Fern Hill (9/2), Mumbo Jumbo (13/2), Lesser (11/1), Magic Dancer (16/1), Post No Bills (20/1), Sporty Jim (20/1)
TEXARD quickened away from his rivals in good style at Market Rasen and, if in a similar mood here, he should have little trouble shrugging off a 10 lb rise in the weights. Nocte Volatus is capable of a bold show, while Lesser is an intriguing candidate on this chase debut and Mumbo Jumbo could have a part to play, too.
- Texard15/8
- Nocte Volatus16/5
- Lesser11/1
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £4,700.002nd: £2,163.003rd: £1,081.004th: £541.005th: £270.00
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