C1 | 5+
Winner GBP £67,524 - 8 runners
3m 210y
Going: Good to Soft
Surface: T
This was won by G1 Gold Cup winner Inothewayurthinkin twelve months ago. HANDSTANDS (3) has a long way to go to get to that level however he's already a G1 winner over fences following his narrow success in the G1 Scilly Isles Novices Chase (2m4f) at Sandown. The runner-up has since gone on to boost form scoring the G1 Arkle at Cheltenham last month. Well-fancied to follow up. Expensive purchase CALDWELL POTTER (1) produced his best fences performance running out a wide-margin winner of a G2 Cheltenham Festival handicap last time. Could have more to offer. DANCING CITY (2) won the G1 Sefton Novices Hurdle at this meeting last year and may bounce back from a disappointing showing in the G1 Brown Advisory Novices Chase. STELLAR STORY (6) is not completely ruled out.