18:35 Uttoxeter

Tuesday 9 July 2024

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Grace & Dotty Handicap Chase

Off time: 18:38 | Winning time: 4m 7.1s

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Selected odds by:

Abaya Du Mathan^p,t²⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-8| J: James Davies| T: G Hanmer| OR: 94| BF| D

11/2

Has done well since joining current connections, winning twice since January and holding his form well of late, 5½ lengths second of 10 to Neigh Botha in handicap chase at Southwell (15.8f, good) 28 days ago. In the mix again.

Form: 331-342

Gieves^p,t1³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling| OR: 93| BF| D

3/1

Responded well to fitting of a hood when opening his account over hurdles in maiden company at Worcester (2m) last summer. Never had things go entirely his way in handicaps since but he needs to step up on his chase debut effort back at Worcester 38 days ago. Tongue tie added.

Form: 1496-60

Sadies Diamond²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: P Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 93

22/1

Irish raider who finished runner-up on first of 3 starts in bumpers. Limited impact over hurdles/fences since the spring, latterly making handicap debut over hurdles at Downpatrick 23 days ago. Would need to see market confidence behind her on handicap chase debut.

Form: 605-P58

Groom De Cotte^t²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: R P McLernon| T: G Brown| OR: 86

11/1

Long-standing maiden who ended time with Sean Curran with a respectable third over hurdles at Stratford (22f) in May. However, ran no sort of race reverted to fences for new stable at Worcester 20 days ago. Good bit to prove on back of that.

Form: 79F5-30

Into The Sunset²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Theo Gillard| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 85

17/2

Dual hurdles winner in 2022. Missed whole of last year and has yet to match his previous best in handful of hurdle outings in 4 starts this year. Betting may prove a useful guide as to expectations now attentions switch to larger obstacles.

Form: 51/74-U6

Pittsburg^t¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: S Bowen| T: R Potter| OR: 85| D

3/1

Dual chaser winner last summer. who also scored on AW in March. Exploits mixed since but did fare better than for a while when fifth over hurdles at Cartmel (17.2f) 11 days ago. Task is to build on that back over the larger obstacles.

Form: 30-5055

Solid Fuel²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: James Best| T: Joanne Thomason-Murphy| OR: 77| D

11/2

Clearly fitter for his reappearance run when springing a surprise from out of the weights at Worcester (16.5f) 3 weeks ago, going on over 4 out and always holding on. Hasn't had many goes in this sphere and interesting if he can back that up.

Form: 37P0-71

No Quarter Asked^b⁴³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: James Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: S-J Davies| OR: 74WS

8/1

Sole win came in handicap chase at Ffos Las in June 2021. Runner-up a couple of times over the larger obstacles last winter but safely held over hurdles upon returning from a break in May. Good deal to prove returned to chasing/following wind surgery.

Form: 22PP-37

Non-Runners

Neigh Botha²⁸

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Henry Brooke

Theonlywayiswessex²¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: A King J: Tom Cannon

Tessy Lad²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: S England J: G Sheehan

Contre Ordre⁴¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: Micky Hammond J: B S Hughes

Full Of Light²¹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 8

T: B R Summers J: Philip Armson

Berliet Express²⁸

Weight: 10-5| Age: 8

T: J Coulson J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Theonlywayiswessex (5/2), Pittsburg (3/1), Gieves (3/1), Neigh Botha (10/3), Abaya Du Mathan (11/2), Solid Fuel (11/2), No Quarter Asked (8/1), Tessy Lad (8/1), Into The Sunset (17/2), Groom De Cotte (11/1), Contre Ordre (14/1), Berliet Express (20/1), Sadies Diamond (22/1), Full Of Light (50/1)

THEONLYWAYISWESSEX has returned in good form, building on his previous chase effort when running out a comfortable winner at Stratford (17f) 21 days ago. That hasn't gone unnoticed by the assessor, yet Alan King's charge remains lightly raced in this sphere and earns the vote to follow up. Fellow last-time-out winners Neigh Botha and Solid Fuel are next best, with veteran Abaya du Mathan also fancied to give a good account.