The November Meeting concludes with the Shloer Chase and Greatwood Hurdle as the highlights. Ciaran Murphy returns to Cheltenham with ELLE PERFECTA for Novices' Limited Handicap Chase, while MOVETHECHAINS is a strong contestant for the Southern National Handicap Chase at Fontwell. FIRST LORD DU CUET and EDWARDSTONE are suggested picks for the Jewson Handicap Chase and Shloer Chase respectively. ITV will broadcast four races from Cheltenham and Southern National from Fontwell.
2:04pm Fontwell - Southern National Handicap Chase Tips
2:20pm Cheltenham - Jewson Handicap Chase Tips
2:55pm Cheltenham - Shloer Chase Tips
3:30pm Cheltenham - Greatwood Hurdle Tips
The November Meeting draws to a fantastic conclusion on Sunday, with the Shloer Chase and Greatwood Hurdle headlining another stacked card. ITV viewers will enjoy four races from Cheltenham, along with the Southern National live from Fontwell.
Ciaran Murphy won the Mares' Chase with Impervious earlier this year and he returns to Cheltenham with another talented mare in-toe, ELLE PERFECTA (6/1). Murphy's seven-year-old ran out an impressive winner on her chasing debut at Kilbeggan in April and kept on well to finish fourth behind Hercule Du Seuil in a Grade Three at Galway in August, where she got outpaced on the long run to the line.
At this meeting 12 months ago, Elle Perfecta was well-beaten in a handicap hurdle off a mark of 127. Murphy's mare runs off the same rating on Sunday, despite having shown a distinct improvement for the switch to chasing and the front-runner to be crowned Champion Jockey in 2024, Sean Bowen comes in for the ride.
2:04pm Fontwell - Southern National Handicap Chase Tips
Ten days on from a terrible reappearance run at Chepstow, MOVETHECHAINS enters this much more suitable race running off a mark of just 120.
Gary Moore's nine-year-old bolted up on heavy ground at Lingfield in February 2022 and, after ten months off the track, finished fifth in the Welsh Grand National on his reappearance last season off 128. Movthechains wasn't given a hard time at Chepstow and should be nicely fit coming into this contest.
2:20pm Cheltenham - Jewson Handicap Chase Tips
If the ground is testing at Cheltenham on Sunday, then FIRST LORD DU CUET (12/1) is worth more than a second look. David Pipe's nine-year-old was beaten less than a length on his reappearance last season by Complete Unknown - now rated 17 pounds higher - before bumping into another couple of well-handicapped rivals in Monbeg Genius and Sizeable Sam.
First Lord De Cuet struggled on the long run to the line at Haydock when fourth in the Grand National Trial and was well-beaten on his final start of the season at Wetherby. Those defeats see Pipe's nine-year-old make his reappearance off a lowly mark of just 128 and First Lord Du Cuet has had a wind-op since that disappointing outing back in March.
2:55pm Cheltenham - Shloer Chase Tips
Four of Britain's highest-rated two-mile chasers will clash in this Grade Two. The youngest and least-exposed of the quartet is odds-on favourite Jonbon, who makes a surprise outing at Cheltenham on Sunday after coming to hand a little quicker than expected.
Nube Negra has won this race the past two seasons and is at his best when fresh. Soft ground, however, isn't ideal for Dan Skelton's nine-year-old.
Fellow nine-year-old and former Arkle winner, EDWARDSTONE (10/3) also has a good record first time out, having bolted up in the Tingle Creek on his reappearance last season. Something was clearly amiss with Alan King's star chaser in last season's Champion Chase. I'm prepared to put a line through that poor effort and, on the rest of last season's form, Edwardstone appeals most at the current prices.
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