1m7½f (1m7f99y) Betfair Tingle Creek Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+)
Sandown goes ahead despite storm Darragh with Jonbon a warm order for back to back Tingle Creeks. In horrible weather with strong winds and bad ground this race smells of an upset. I’ve come down on MASTER CHEWY being overpriced at 25/1 because there’s a good chance we’ll see a changing of the guard with last year’s novices to the fore. That’s been a theme of the season so far, and only two starts ago Master Chewy went down in a Grade 1 photo finish to Found A Fifty – twice a Grade 2 winner this season beating established chasers including the Champion Chase winner – and today’s second favourite Quilixios was 12 lengths back with no excuses. He’s race fit, seven rising eight, and seems to have finally got the hang of his jumping after a mixture of novicey errors and misfortune cost him last season. Well worth a small wager.
0.5pts win Master Chewy @25/1, 15:00 Sandown, Saturday
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