Racing Again On The 19th February Handicap Chase

Beaten only a short head at Catterick last time; needs to step up on domestic form; shaped quite well when fourth over C&D in November; previously sixth at Clonmel and could be fancied to reverse form with fifth-placed Kilbrin Rocco on these terms; however, that rival is more progressive.

Back-to-back hurdles winner in April 2024 on soft to heavy ground at around 2m; no success since including nine attempts chasing; placed twice off this sort of mark last season; not badly handicapped relative to his best hurdles form; first reserve.

Ordinary form in handicap hurdles; lacks chasing experience; no recent run; second reserve.

On a long losing sequence; his only two wins have been at Limerick; big improvement needed; third reserve.

Won a bumper and three hurdle races when trained in Britain; not as good in two handicap chase starts in 2024; seemed to lose confidence when badly hampered at the fourth in a novice chase at Tramore five weeks ago on Irish debut; could be competitive off this mark; might prefer better ground.