Sunday 18 October · Sedgefield, England

16:33 Paxtons Support The NHS Durham National Handicap Chase

Distance: 3m 5f 48y
Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
Class: 2
Prize: GBP 25000
Runners: 12

Race preview

DUC DE GRISSAY built on a promising chase debut when third to Saint Sonnet at Catterick to score at Kelso on his novice handicap debut over the larger obstacles. The seven-year-old remains open to further improvement with the step up in distance likely to aid his cause. Doing Fine is still in excellent form at the age of 12, winning three of his last five starts including at Uttoxeter in August, and he has to enter the reckoning along with Gangster, who has shaped as though this kind of test would suit him.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Red Giant	02-7557	Sean Quinlan	J Candlish	10 1	16-1
2	Dandy Dan	1112/2U-	C Gethings	K Bailey & M Nicholls	11 12	15-2
3	Brian Boranha	44PF5-0	B S Hughes	P D Niven	10 8	11-2
4	Duc De Grissay	F43431-	D R Fox	A M Thomson	10 2	7-1
5	Rock On Fruity	4/PPP1-7	R P McLernon	B Haslam	10 13	20-1
6	Doing Fine	14V1-51	Brendan Powell	N P Mulholland	11 1	15-2
7	Bbold	2-41533	Charlie Hammond	Dr R D P Newland	10 10	7-2
8	Gangster	591P-52	Danny Cook	W Greatrex	10 7	20-1
9	Graineyhill	32F3P-9	Alexander Thorne	Mrs S J Humphrey	10 6	80-1
10	Chanceanotherfive	1135-31	Sam Coltherd	W Coltherd	10 0	16-1
11	Theligny	363/281-	Alan Johns	Tim Vaughan	11 4	22-1
12	Petite Power	7/1123P-	Liam Harrison	F O'Brien	10 12	9-1
NR	Arthur\'s Gift	1P/527F-	Thomas Bellamy	N & W Twiston-Davies	11 2