KELCE enjoyed an excellent first season as a chaser and is fancied to continue his progression on reappearance. He gets the vote ahead of Smugglers Haven who is one the least exposed in this field and could progress again on just her fourth start over fences, while The Newest One merits respect racing off a 1 lb lower mark than when successful in this contest last year.
Tipsters
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Source: newspaper tipsters
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Smart Stats
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Ideal Des Bordes
22% Nicky Henderson's strike rate in early season
12/1
12
My Gift To You
25% James Owen's strike rate with chasers running between 19f and up to 3m
20/1
18
Planned Paradise
33% Mr J. J. Murphy-Knight's strike rate when only having one ride at a meeting (chasers)
20/1
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Race Hints
Specific Pace Hint: A decent pace still shouldn’t detract from the chances of those who race on or near the front end such as Rockinastorm: Despite a suspicion the pace will be sound, those held up such as Harrys Hope usually is are still likely to have their work cut out.
Individual Price Hint: Ideal Des Bordes traded at more than 10 times Betfair SP and 2 times Betfair SP when winning on 2 of its last 5 starts: Planned Paradise traded at 10% or less of Betfair SP twice and 50% or less of Betfair SP on 3 of its last 5 starts.