Racecards
16:30 Stratford
Buy A Holiday Home In Stratford Novices' Chase (Class 3)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- £10,000 added
- Form 1016-21
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey S Thomas
held up, blundered badly 4th, headway approaching 11th, ridden after 3 out, disputing 2nd, beaten when fell 2 out
- Form 1/0PP-1P
- Age 9
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey A P McCoy
held up in 3rd, hit 7th, weakened after 4 out
- Form PP6P4-P
- Age 10
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer Lady Susan Brooke
- Jockey Miss L Brooke
held up, lost touch from 8th, tailed off
Tessanoora
32- Form 12/237-1
- Age 6
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 121
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey M Foley
held up, headway approaching 11th, ridden after 3 out, beaten when left clear 2nd 2 out
Gone Missing
13- Form 4421-B1
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer O J Carter
- Jockey Mr N Scholfield
Nonrunner
Haxton
16- Form 8/P06-86
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer Ms J S Doyle
- Jockey S Curran
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
Tessanoora gets the confident vote in this novices' chase with Vaughan and Armariver also considered. The selection won on her chasing debut at Kelso when beating Bestofthebrownies last time, She was returning from a break that day and she won in pretty convincing fashion and with improvement anticipated she should be capable of getting her head in front again here today. Vaughan is a fair sort over hurdles and he showed a good attitude to win over fences when beating No Way Back at Huntingdon last time. He has a bit more on his plate today but is not one to dismiss lightly. Armariver was an impressive winner at Newton Abbott last time when he beat Nobody Tells Me and this drop in trip will not inconvenience him so he should go well. Manners is far from reliable but granted a clear round he could go well at a price. However, for the winner we will stick with Tessanoora who shaped with so much promise last time out.
Formwatch
Armariver (FR) 4-5fav (11-0) Held up, headway 10th, led 2 out, shaken up run-in, won at N Abbot 2m 5f beg chs (5) beating Nobody Tells Me (11-0) by 2 1/2l, 9 ran.
Manners (IRE) 15-8 (11-6) Held up, prominent 9th, in 4th and weakening when blundered 12th, behind when pulled up 2 out in race won by Stoway (10-11) at Bangor 2m 4f nov chs (4) gd in May, 7 ran.
Vaughan 1-2fav (11-0) Chased leader, joined leader 2 out, led last, ridden clear, won at Huntingdon 2m 4f nov chs (4) gf in May beating No Way Back (11-0) by 2 1/2l, 3 ran.
Barcelona 12-1 (11-7) (ts) a wl bhnd; t.o & pulled up in race won by Fleur De Nikos (10-7) at Bredwardine 3m ptp gf in May, 10 ran.
Nailed On 5-1 (11-5) Chased leaders, not fluent 2nd, lost place when jumped left and mistake 8th, no impression after, mistake last, 6th of 13, 16l behind Deep King (11-3) at Stratford 2m 1f hts chs (5) gd in May.
Tessanoora 8-11fav (10-5) Held up towards rear, headway 4 out, led 2 out, comfortably, won at Kelso 2m 1f nov chs (3) gf in May beating Bestofthebrownies (11-4) by 10l, 6 ran.
Gone Missing 4-7fav (12-0) Held up; hdwy 12; led on bit 2 out; v easy, won at Upcott Cross 3m ptp gd in May beating Big Brendan (12-5) by 10l, 4 ran.
Kinallen 66-1 (11-2) In touch, lost place after 9th, behind when mistake 10th, tailed off when pulled up at the 13th in race won by Irish Wolf (11-2) at Worcester 2m 7f beg chs (4) gd, 11 ran.