novices' handicap chase, whatever it's called

very strong race, really competitive. there are a dozen well handicapped horses and any one of them can win so i'm not going to waste a lot of time here going through them runner by runner. i think moon d'orange is still well ahead of his mark and while you would be concerned about the way he won the last day, being out the back the whole way before clearing through the field up the straight and winning in a photo after a huge mistake at the last, that means he only gets a 6lb rise when clearly he was a lot better than the field that day and would have won by lengths if continuing forward momentum from the back of the final flight. sean bowen up again and he'll need to stay more in touch this day to be involved in a more competitive event but he's still only a 7yo with only five chase starts under his belt and he is improving rapidly. 14/1.