16:15
Helen Leech Birthday Surprise Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
2m 6f 108y
Going: Good to Soft
Surface: Turf
Draw Advantage: NoneImperial Sachin's bolted up in a handicap hurdle here last time but a 9lb higher mark on his return to chasing does temper enthusiasm somewhat, while Shetland Bus was beaten a long way into second at Market Rasen last time and is 1lb higher than when beaten in a handicap over this C&D in April. Tigerten didn't really finish off his race at Stratford last time, so this could be a good opportunity for HEREDITARY RULE to defy top-weight. Beaten off a mark of 105 over timber last time, John McConnell's gelding is a different proposition over fences and was a close second off 135 at Perth last month. Up 3lb for that run, he might still be too strong.
Imperial Sachin's bolted up in a handicap hurdle here last time but a 9lb higher mark on his return to chasing does temper enthusiasm somewhat, while Shetland Bus was beaten a long way into second at Market Rasen last time and is 1lb higher than when beaten in a handicap over this C&D in April. Tigerten didn't really finish off his race at Stratford last time, so this could be a good opportunity for HEREDITARY RULE to defy top-weight. Beaten off a mark of 105 over timber last time, John McConnell's gelding is a different proposition over fences and was a close second off 135 at Perth last month. Up 3lb for that run, he might still be too strong.