Although without a recent win, DR KANANGA ran a sound race on decent ground at Doncaster last time and is taken to get the better of Ultra Beat, who has a visor on for the first time, and the course specialist Ali Star Bert.[Colin Russell]
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Showed promise without winning over hurdles; subsequently had wind surgery; off the mark on second chase start at Ffos Las in November (3m, soft; 40-1); ran well below that form at Leicester eight days later (2m6f, good to firm) and absent since; could bounce back.
Three chase wins, the latest at Sandown in February 2022 (3m, soft); creditable 14l third to a subsequent winner in a veterans' chase at Doncaster last time (3m, good); contender.
Yet to win in nine races; sound chase debut when second at Bangor in October (3m, soft) and another good run when third at Warwick in October (3m, good to soft; form sound); below par on testing ground last time, but could bounce back in first-time headgear.
Irish point winner in November 2022 (3m, soft); won a handicap chase at Uttoxeter for Dan Skelton in November (2m4f, soft); changed hands for just £1,000 in January and well beaten on stable debut last time.
