Family Sportsday Raceday On Sale Now Novices' Handicap Chase

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
5th	1	—	Disco Annie (M) FAV HT Won twice over hurdles at Carlisle last term and kicked off this season with a decent fifth of 10 in a handicap chase there in November. Safely held back hurdling at Aintree (2½m, good) 3 weeks ago b…	536530-	Charlie Maggs R Menzies	8	76.2kg	4 3/1
4th	2	—	Icare Colombe (G) Regressed after a decent debut for this yard over hurdles last term and hasn't shown much switched to fences this season, beaten a fair way in handicap chases at Warwick and Ludlow.	7-55431	J J Burke F O'Brien	8	76.2kg	6 5/1
—	3	—	Hawk Stone (G) Pulled Up B Opened hurdles account at Uttoxeter in April 2024. Failed to fire in handful of appearances last term but there was greater spark in his reappearance effort in first-time blinkers (retained) at Leice…	6P-3P27	James Best H Dickin	7	73.9kg	10 9/1
—	4	—	One Million Dreams (G) Pulled Up B Dual winner on the Flat at up to 13f and bettered previous hurdles efforts when third on handicap debut in that sphere at Fakenham in October. However, he's failed to build on that in 2 subsequent st…	030996	J M Quinlan Michael Keady	6	71.7kg	34 33/1
3rd	5	—	Kitsilano (G) P Ex-Irish winning hurdler in 2023 and didn't shape badly sent chasing on second run following a lengthy absence/for this yard at Plumpton last month. However, it's fair to say that he hasn't kicked on…	343134	Brendan Powell D G Bridgwater	9	71.2kg	15 14/1
—	6	—	Flashy Boy (G) Pulled Up T Point winner who showed fair form over hurdles for Tom Lacey. Had just the one run for Fergal O'Brien in May 2024 before finishing third of 10 on debut for this yard in a handicap hurdle at Southwell…	3/PP1P-4	Charlie Price R L Llewellyn	9	67.1kg	7 6/1
—	7	—	Walk The Plank (G) Pulled Up Poor form at best, with the switch to this sphere failing to spark much in the way of improvement at Huntingdon last month. Best to look elsewhere.	5P1-458	Benjamin Poste C Hobson	6	65.8kg	23 22/1
2nd	8	—	Lone Soldier (G) Decent third in 3m Southwell handicap chase on penultimate start but he's 0-14 overall and was pulled at Uttoxeter on New Year's Eve.	253U42-	R T Dunne C & A Pogson	8	64.9kg	6 5/1
1st	9	—	El Rojo Grande (G) Record stands at 0-13 under Rules but this point winner has finished second 4 times over fences, including at Warwick (16.2f, good to soft) on New Year's Eve. Very much one to consider off an unchang…	111221	Shane Quinlan Katy Price	9	64.4kg	4.33 10/3

Betting forecast: Disco Annie (3/1), El Rojo Grande (10/3), Lone Soldier (5/1), Icare Colombe (5/1), Flashy Boy (6/1), Hawk Stone (9/1), Kitsilano (14/1), Walk The Plank (22/1), One Million Dreams (33/1)