Racecards
13:00 Plumpton
Betting.Bet Novices' Chase (Class 3)
- 2 Runners
- Distance: 2m 214y
- Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £12,200 added
- Winner: £7,018
- 2nd: £2,061
- 3rd: £1,030
- 4th: £515
- Form 1F130-6
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Jamie Snowden
- Jockey G Sheehan
left alone by rival 1st, jumped well apart from mistake 4 out, completed in own time
- Form 131-62
- Age 4
- Weight 10-8
- Official Rating 140
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey H Cobden
with winner when bad mistake and fell 1st
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Stratagem jumped well and was only beaten a neck in a three-runner race at Warwick on his chasing bow but Alan King won this last year with Lisp and EDWARDSTONE could be an even nicer prospect. Twice a winner over hurdles last season, he was strongly fancied for the Greatwood at Cheltenham last month and wasn’t disgraced – a switch to fences will suit. Thebannerkingrebel was only a couple of lengths behind the selection in a Grade 2 over timber at Haydock last season when conceding 5lb so is no forlorn hope.
Formwatch
Thebannerkingrebel (IRE) 5-1 (10-11) Mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders 3 out, ridden after 2 out, soon weakened, 6th of 12, 15 3/4l behind Sceau Royal (11-6) at Ffos Las 2m hcp (2) gs in Oct.
Stratagem (FR) 9-4 (10-9) Pressed leader, led 6th, headed next, led 4 out, driven flat, headed close home, 2nd of 3, nk behind Phoenix Way (11-2) at Warwick 2m (3) gs in Nov.
Edwardstone 13-2 (11-0) Held up in rear, headway 2 out, kept on flat, unable to challenge, 5th of 14, 7 1/2l behind The Shunter (10-0) at Cheltenham 2m hcp (1) sft in Nov.