C1 | 5+
Winner GBP £42,712 - 3 runners
2m 54y
Going: Soft
Surface: T
A small-field contest in which tactics could come to the fore. MAMBONUMBERFIVE (2) has been in rare form of late landing a hat-trick with a G2 Wayward Lad Novices’ Chase success at Kempton over 2m last time following a Newbury win on penultimate appearance. Keeps raising the bar and looks tough to beat. STEEL ALLY (1) arrives off an impressive G2 Noel Novices’ Chase win at Ascot tackling 2m3f during December and retains the services of Dylan Johnston. Main danger. MIRABAD (3) was below par at Windsor on latest outing but is certainly capable of better. Makes genuine appeal and cannot be dismissed outright.