Lakeland Dairies & Bidfood Classic Collaboration Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 4m 8.64s

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Socks Off^v1³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Sean Quinlan| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 93| C| D

10/3

Won handicap hurdle here almost 2 years ago but was well held sent chasing by new connections after 17 months off at Market Rasen 30 days ago. Visored for 1st time.

Form: 1346/5-6

Natural Ability^t⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny McMenamin| T: C Grant| OR: 92

3/1

Maiden hurdler/chaser in Ireland who showed first solid form after 5 months off/for new yard when fourth of 10 in handicap chase at Sedgefield (16.4f). Might have been amiss next time and has since changed yards again. Worth another chance.

Form: 708-04P

Darkest Day^p,t³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Coltherd| T: W Young Jnr| OR: 82| D

11/1

Out of sorts since second start this season so plenty to prove sent chasing.

Form: 02880P

Fllana Bay^t⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽³⁾| T: M A Barnes| OR: 75

33/1

Poor maiden hurdler who makes little appeal on chase bow.

Form: P37P-FP

Miss Fedora²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Oscar Palmer⁽⁷⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 74

7/2

Got back on track reverted to hurdling when landing 8-runner handicap at Cartmel (17.2f, soft) in August. Below form next 2 starts, however, including back over fences last time (lower in the weights in this sphere).

Form: 798156

Edmond Dantes³³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-3| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 69

16/1

Went close over hurdles at Hexham last summer but it's been all downhill since, including back over fences latest.

Form: 268P-07

Cofficionado^t⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 76

11/4

On the back of a breathing operation, he found only one too good on handicap debut at Market Rasen in May. Has failed to scale those heights since (hooded on latest) and now attentions are turned to the larger obstacles.

Form: 5-28559

Non-Runners

Neigh Botha²²

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Henry Brooke

Forecasts

Neigh Botha (11/8), Cofficionado (11/4), Natural Ability (3/1), Socks Off (10/3), Miss Fedora (7/2), Darkest Day (11/1), Edmond Dantes (16/1), Fllana Bay (33/1)

NEIGH BOTHA is creeping back down to his last winning mark so gets the vote down in class. Natural Ability and Miss Fedora are feared most in a weak event.