An interesting hunter chase at Newton Abbot his evening and unusual in being a handicap.  Current Event being asked to give lumps of weight away and while he looks like the most likely winner after his Cheltenham romp, I can't get excited about evens.  Swallows Delight won this last year with Delta Borget some 8l back in third.  King Of Alcatraz is a horse I like a lot, but he struggled last year and makes a belated reappearance. Findlay's Find comes out top of my ratings at these weights, but that's based on old form.  Expect another bold show from Current Event, but can't see any value.

See that Will Biddick broke the record for most winners in a season with win number 57 at Bratton Down on Sunday.  Shame I couldn't have been there as it looks like they had a good meeting.

Hunter Chase season draws to a close at Stratford tonight.  I'm a bit busy, but hopefully I'll get to watch most of it.

Another interesting race with a useful Irish horse leading the market.  Quite a few of these have shown good form over an extended three miles.  I was much more impressed with Mr Mercurial than Following dreams at Cheltenham, so think FD is worth a small lay as he doesn't seem to dig deep when it matters.

Current Event stands out in the next, but a few of these were quite decent in their time and it won't be plain sailing.  Might have backed the fav at bigger than evens, so not a race to play in.

Paint The Clouds is a horse I like a lot and looks a worthy favourite.  Trip seems against a few of these including Pacha Du Polder.  Twirling Magnet rates a danger if overlooking his Aintree run and although inconsistent is a big price.  Fancy Major Malarkey to be running on at the end, so worth a small place bet in my book.

Last race and I think Tataniano makes perfect sense. Win bet at 2.50 ish.

Well, I just seem to be talking to myself now...