General Sports Worldwide Handicap Chase

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
—	1	—	Isle Of Gold (G) Pulled Up P Maiden pointer who bettered his hurdles form when second on chase debut at Warwick (25.5f) back in January. However, he turned in a concerning effort after 11 months off at Huntingdon recently, slowi…	94U/42-U	J J Burke K Bailey & M Nicholls	7	76.2kg	17 16/1
—	2	—	Keppel Queen (M) FAV Pulled Up Placed several times in handicaps for the Jonjo and A J O'Neill stable and made the most of a good opportunity when taking Warwick maiden hurdle (21f, good to firm) on debut for new yard in October. …	4-21P31	S Bowen O Murphy	6	75.7kg	3.25 9/4
—	3	—	Pougne Aminta (M) Irish point winner/maiden hurdler. Fair runs over fences in 2023/24 but not seen for 21 months and is entitled to need this.	143523/	Jack Hogan A Ralph	8	74.8kg	17 16/1
4th	4	—	Good Work (G) TP Sole victory (runner-up 14 times) came here earlier this year and arrives on back of poor effort at this course 34 days ago. Others more appealing.	3P4434-	Craig Nichol O Greenall & J Guerriero	9	74.8kg	26 25/1
1st	5	—	Express Surprise (G) T Made it 2 wins from 5 starts over fences when landing 9-runner handicap chase at Wetherby (24.2f, soft) 25 days ago. 5 lb higher now but must enter calculations.	3-31141	R Patrick C Boultbee-Brooks	6	74.4kg	5 4/1
2nd	6	—	Smurfette (M) Scored twice over fences last year, posting career best when easily taking 6-runner handicap at Southwell (24.3f, good, 9/4) 13 months ago. Not seen since, however, and market likely to prove best gu…	31/2312-	Jack Andrews T Ellis	7	73.9kg	23 22/1
—	7	—	River Voyage (G) Pulled Up Revitalised over hurdles last season, easy winner of Ffos Las handicap (23.9f) in February before following up at Exeter (23.1f) the following month. Bettered previous efforts in this sphere when thi…	211-3P1	Jamie Brace Miss R Curtis	7	73kg	6 5/1
3rd	8	—	Fortunefavorsdbold (M) P Fair chaser who posted solid second in 6-runner handicap chase (24f, soft) over C&D on return 34 days ago. Entitled to build on that and is one for shortlist.	3-23F22	Jack Tudor Christian Williams	7	72.6kg	7.50 13/2
6th	9	—	Gata Ban (M) P Resumed winning ways over timber at Hereford in February and posted encouraging second in mares' handicap at Fakenham (21.2f) on seasonal/chase debut in October. Allowed to come home in own time afte…	634-211	C O'Farrell N P Mulholland	8	71.7kg	29 28/1
—	10	—	Thickthorn Tom (G) Pulled Up P Failed to improve for step up in trip when sixth of 11 on handicap hurdle debut at Fontwell (21.8f, good to soft) 45 days ago. In excellent hands, though, and is worth monitoring in market on chase d…	3-21211	Tristan Durrell D Skelton	5	69.4kg	26 25/1
5th	11	—	Emotional Roller (G) P Consistent sort who posted another creditable effort when third of 7 in handicap chase at Catterick (25.2f, good) 40 days ago. 1 lb lower now and ought to give another good account.	325-235	Peter Kavanagh J Parkinson & S Smith	7	68.9kg	8.50 15/2
—	12	—	Gibberwell (G) Pulled Up B Not the most reliable but scored over fences at Hexham (24.2f) in March and back to that sort of form when creditable fifth of 12 in handicap chase (20/1) at Carlisle (26.1f, soft) 31 days ago. Each-…	5-F5PPP	Philip Armson J Coulson	9	66.2kg	67 66/1
7th	13	—	Nine Nine Nine (G) P Showed benefit of reappearance run when good second of 9 in handicap chase at Leicester (22.7f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Remains fairly treated but his losing run continues to grow.	527242	Shane Fenelon S-J Davies	8	66.2kg	17 16/1
—	14	—	Lone Soldier (G) Pulled Up T Posted solid in-frame efforts the last twice, latest when third of 8 in handicap chase at Southwell (24.3f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Still looking for first success, however, and finds himself 4 lb…	253U42-	Toby Wynne C & A Pogson	7	64.4kg	23 22/1

Betting forecast: Keppel Queen (9/4), Express Surprise (4/1), River Voyage (5/1), Fortunefavorsdbold (13/2), Emotional Roller (15/2), Nine Nine Nine (16/1), Pougne Aminta (16/1), Isle Of Gold (16/1), Smurfette (22/1), Lone Soldier (22/1), Good Work (25/1), Thickthorn Tom (25/1), Gata Ban (28/1), Gibberwell (66/1)