Not an easy race for punters and we will take Norman Beckett to beat Dishdasha and Jass. Norman Beckett is an extremely quirky individual who seems incapable to read from a formbook perspective. He seemed not to get home over 2m6f on his latest hurdling start but we'll take the chance that he'll face the chase fences on his debut at this discipline. Dishdasha has been fairly busy over the summer period. He is invariably put in his place by anything of any ability. Jass was a fair handicap hurdler on his day. He is entitled to have come on for a recent pipeopener over hurdles. Art Historian has raced over hurdles in the past but barely gets the trip. Moon Star is another to have claims on hurdling form but he was more than a little sketchy at his fences on chasing debut. Plating hurdler, Pipers Legend had no realistic chance of beating Roby De Cimbre in a recent event at Newton Abbot but he did at least attempt to give Paul Nicholls' star a race of sorts. Havenstone looks moderate. A race where there is plenty of caution advised and Norman Beckett is the pick.
Almanshood (USA) 66-1 (11-5) fell at the 2nd in race won by Urban Tiger (11-5) at Huntingdon 2m hcp chs 0-100 (4) gf in Aug, 11 ran.
Art Historian (IRE) 7-1 (10-11) Held up rear, stayed on from 3 out, 4th of 8, 25l behind Stumped (11-0) at Chepstow 2m 4yo mdn hdl (5) hvy in Feb '07.
Brimham Boy 66-1 (11-8) Pressed leader, not fluent 6th, lost 2nd approaching 4 out, weakened 3 out, 7th of 11, 11l behind Levitski (11-8) at Worcester 2m 4f beg chs (4) gd in Aug.
Dishdasha (IRE) 14-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, ridden approaching 4 out, soon weakened, 3rd of 7, 24l behind Qrackers (10-6) at N Abbot 2m nov chs (4) gd in Aug.
Fair Shake (IRE) 4-1 (10-8) Held up in touch, not fluent 2nd, ridden approaching 2 out, challenging when not fluent last, soon led, stayed on under pressure, won at Stratford 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-100 (4) hvy in Aug beating Queen Excalibur (9-11) by 6l, 6 ran.
Green Master (POL) 40-1 (10-1) Tracked leader, ridden 4 out, challenged next, weakened from 2 out, tailed off, 6th of 10, 43l behind Mister Chatterbox (11-3) at Cartmel 2m 6f cnd sll hcp hdl (5) gd in Aug.
Havenstone (IRE) 18-1 (11-8) Raced keenly, prominent, jumped left 3rd, mistakes 5th and 8th, weakened 9th, well behind when pulled up 5 out in race won by Tempsford (11-3) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gd in Aug, 14 ran.
Jass 9-1 (11-6) Tracked leader, led 6th, headed and edged right flat, stayed on, 3rd of 9, 3l behind Symbiosis (9-13) at Worcester 3m hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd in Aug.
Moon Star (GER) 12-1 (10-7) In touch, chased leaders approaching 2 out, soon weakened, 11th of 15, 34l behind Katies Tuitor (11-3) at Market Rasen 2m 1f lst hcp hdl (1) sft in Jul.
Norman Beckett 6-1 (11-3) Mid-division, effort when hit 7th, outpaced next, never on terms, 5th of 11, 22l behind Winter Star (11-5) at Market Rasen 2m 6f nov hdl (4) gd in Aug.
Pipers Legend 4-1 (11-1) Chased winner, ridden after 4 out, no chance from after next, 2nd of 4, 10l behind Roby De Cimbre (11-11) at N Abbot 2m nov chs (3) sft in Aug.
