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15:48 Uttoxeter

Sunday 25 May 2025

All14:0314:3815:1315:4816:2316:5817:33

Clarke Chase (Handicap Chase) (For The Sir Stanley And Lady Clarke Challenge Trophy) (GBB Race)

5YO plus | Class 2 | 2m 4f | 8 Runners | Turf

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Selected odds by:

Matterhorn^t³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 143

Won first 4 starts in handicap chases last summer. Well held next 3 starts but back on track when second at Plumpton last month and capable of holding his form. Big player back up in trip.

Form: 11P992-

Heltenham^t³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| T: D Skelton| OR: 142| D

Back to best of late, resuming winning ways in good style at Perth (2½m, soft) 31 days ago. Hit with an 8 lb rise but he's a major player all the same.

Form: F/84P21-

Horantzau D'airy^t⁵⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| T: Michael Keady| OR: 142| D

Placed in the Kerry and Munster Nationals last season. Huge ask on first start for this yard in Grand National at Aintree but held his own for a good way. This more suitable but still looks high enough in the weights.

Form: 229990-

Light N Strike¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 140

Added to an excellent spring record when winning at Newton Abbot 18 days ago, value extra as he pulled clear in the closing stages. Seems sure to go well again.

Form: P6P32-1

Glengouly⁵¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| T: Faye Bramley| OR: 139| D

Hasn’t managed to add to Thurles chase debut success back in 2022 and again shaped as if amiss on final start for Willie Mullins (sold 16,000 gns in May).

Form: 0UP/6U0-

Bhaloo³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| T: N J Henderson| OR: 136| D

Made successful start over fences in 4-runner handicap at Ascot in November. Pulled up next 3 starts but back to form with a bang when scoring at Newbury and backed that up with a good third from 3 lb out of the weights in Grade 2 handicap at Cheltenham last month. Needs considering.

Form: 1PPP13-

Real Stone^t³⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| T: D Skelton| OR: 128| D

Mixed record over fences last season but back to best when making all at Wetherby in February, unchallenged. However, only fourth at Kelso next time and ran even worse at Chepstow since.

Form: 2F/P146-

Vintage Fizz²²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 128| D

Twice a winner of small-field handicap chases at around 2½m in 2023 and went close at Market Rasen last summer. Some good place efforts since and excuses here last time. Not taken lightly.

Form: 65423-7

Forecasts

Heltenham (13/8), Matterhorn (7/2), Light N Strike (4/1), Bhaloo (6/1), Vintage Fizz (14/1), Horantzau D'airy (16/1), Real Stone (16/1), Glengouly (25/1)

MATTERHORN took a big step back in the right direction when second at Plumpton last month and looks ready to strike. Bhaloo ran a cracker from out of the weights at Cheltenham last time and is next best ahead of impressive Perth winner Heltenham.