Sky Bet Extra Places Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
6th	1	—	Cerendipity (G) P Held his form well last season, landing the odds at Newcastle in March. Good second at Stratford on return but failed to jump with the same fluency when fourth of 6 at Wetherby and he took a heavy fa…	24F659	Jack Power J Parkinson & S Smith	9	77.1kg	7.50 13/2
1st	2	—	Throatlash (G) FAV Placed both appearances in 17f Carlisle novice hurdles last winter. Pulled up on chase debut at Bangor in February but proved a different proposition after 9 months off/wind surgery, supplementing hi…	3P-111F	B S Hughes D McCain Jnr	7	75.7kg	5 4/1
3rd	3	—	Southoftheborder (G) Point/bumper/hurdles winner who arrives in good nick in this sphere, third of 4 in handicap chase at Ascot (16.8f, good to soft) a month ago. Weighted to go well off 2 lb lower in his bid for a break…	233512-	Charlie Deutsch Miss H C Knight	8	74.8kg	5.50 9/2
7th	4	—	Choose A Copper (G) T Successful Rules debut in a Hexham novice hurdle in October 2023 and also hit the target starting out over fences there on his reappearance last term. Struggled thereafter and didn't show enough on t…	65P5-77	P W Wadge L Russell & M Scudamore	8	72.6kg	23 22/1
4th	5	—	Imperial Bede (G) A fair ex-French hurdles/chase winner but off for 13 months after a solid fourth of 14 in handicap chase at Hexham (20.1f, soft). Needs to hit the ground running.	4/4152-5	Jonjo O'Neill Jr. J & A O'Neill	8	69.9kg	7.50 13/2
2nd	6	—	Icare Grandchamp (G) FAV Pair of wins at up to 21f in 2024. Off 13 months, shaped better than result when fifth of 9 in handicap at Newbury a month ago, closing and around 2 lengths behind eventual winner when blundered 2 ou…	31-5213	Caoilin Quinn G & J Moore	8	69.9kg	5 4/1
5th	7	—	Bridge Court (G) PT Reached the frame in maiden/novice hurdles last autumn but struggled switched to handicap company, including last month's Kelso reappearance. Already a better chaser, runner-up both starts at Catteri…	P-62251	Callum Bewley A M Thomson	7	67.1kg	6.50 11/2
—	8	—	Tommy Combats (G) NON RUNNER.	42-2U12	Non Runner M Todhunter	7	66.7kg	7 6/1
—	9	—	Dj Pete (G) Pulled Up Still a maiden and below par at Leicester last time. Others preferred in a deeper handicap than he need contest.	P4151P-	Shane Fenelon S-J Davies	8	64.9kg	8 7/1

Betting forecast: Throatlash (4/1), Icare Grandchamp (4/1), Southoftheborder (9/2), Bridge Court (11/2), Tommy Combats (6/1), Imperial Bede (13/2), Cerendipity (13/2), Dj Pete (7/1), Choose A Copper (22/1)