QED Scaffolding Ltd Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
—	1	—	Nells Son (G) Pulled Up P Veteran with a decent strike rate but signs of decline this term, fifth of 6 at Windsor (16.2f, soft) 27 days ago.	P-545P8	Danny McMenamin N G Richards	11	77.1kg	19 18/1
—	2	—	Pull Again Green (G) T Capitalised on a reduced mark when scoring at Worcester in June and followed up at Market Rasen following month. Good second at Bangor next time but went off the boil after. Back from a break now.	01125P	Fern O'Brien F O'Brien	10	75.3kg	17 16/1
2nd	3	—	Western Zephyr (G) H Resumed in good form last season, winning well at Carlisle before second in the Arkle Trial at Cheltenham. Run of good form came to an ubrupt halt since, however, and his hopes are pinned on a change…	1230P-2	Shane Fenelon M Bowen	9	73.9kg	34 33/1
3rd	4	—	Bythesametoken (G) TP Had dropped to his last winning mark and didn't go unbacked when making a successful return from 13 months off at Listowel in September. Off since but clearly goes well fresh.	43/1359-	Donagh Meyler R O'Sullivan	12	72.6kg	41 40/1
—	5	—	Twoshotsoftequila (G) Pulled Up H Strong-travelling sort who improved to land a double in soft/heavy ground chases around 3m at Catterick/Newcastle in 2024. Drop back in trip no issue for this belated hat-trick bid and interesting if…	23011/P	Nathan Moscrop R Menzies	9	72.6kg	26 25/1
1st	6	—	The Bluesman (G) T Bumper/maiden hurdle winner for Paul Nicholls who easily landed a 20.5f Southwell handicap switched to fences on return for new yard in December. Bettered that form when second at Leicester just afte…	13-1217	S Bowen O Murphy	7	72.1kg	2.75 7/4
7th	7	—	Harsh (G) BT Dual hurdles winner in Ireland a few seasons back but he's 0-8 over fences and failed to land a blow tried in blinkers both starts for this yard.	03U0-5P	James Bowen M Bowen	6	71.7kg	41 40/1
—	8	—	Throatlash (G) FAV Fell Progressing very well in handicap chases this season, making it 3 from 3 over C&D 4 weeks ago, hardly putting a foot wrong and taking full advantage of an uncontested lead. 5 lb rise may underestimat…	3P-111F	B S Hughes D McCain Jnr	7	71.2kg	2.50 6/4
6th	9	—	Anyharminasking (G) P Resumed winning ways off this mark over hurdles at Newcastle during the spring. By no means disgraced when beaten in a match on third run over fences back from a break at Warwick when last seen in Oc…	2P2676-	Jonjo O'Neill Jr. J & A O'Neill	9	71.2kg	15 14/1
8th	10	—	Gentleman Bill (G) P Bumper/dual 2m hurdles winner who made a good start over fences at Aintree in October. However, has failed to build on that since and doesn't look a natural jumper.	353F85	Craig Nichol O Greenall & J Guerriero	8	70.3kg	19 18/1
4th	11	—	Taras Halls (G) B Blinkered for first time when scoring at Newcastle in November. Pulled up 2 of next 3 starts, however, running no sort of race at Leicester last month.	P-P1P2P	Callum Bewley J Parkinson & S Smith	8	69.9kg	19 18/1
5th	12	—	Cerendipity (G) P Winner at Newcastle off 2 lb higher 11 months ago but is proving fairly expensive to follow with his jumping becoming an increasing concern.	24F659	G Sheehan J Parkinson & S Smith	9	69.4kg	8.50 15/2

Betting forecast: Throatlash (6/4), The Bluesman (7/4), Cerendipity (15/2), Anyharminasking (14/1), Pull Again Green (16/1), Taras Halls (18/1), Gentleman Bill (18/1), Nells Son (18/1), Twoshotsoftequila (25/1), Western Zephyr (33/1), Bythesametoken (40/1), Harsh (40/1)