Chepstow racecourse is but a stones throw from Ron Harris' yard in Earlswood, and of the two horses he sends into battle at the track today it is Castanea that is of interest. This son of Pivotal who is out of a Medicean dam has yet to trouble the judge in six starts so far, three of which have come at today's venue. He has been tried at trips ranging from 7f to 8.5f, and while his form figures of 674607 are uninspiring he has shaped on a couple of occasions that a step up in trip would suit.
He has loads of soft ground winners on the dam side of his pedigree, and the progeny of Pivotal ususally handle an ease well too. There is also hope regarding the trip on his dam side, as his grand-dam is related to Kathmandu, a 12f listed winner on soft.
His last run here over 8f on good to soft was pretty encouraging, and he stayed on well in the closing stages having been badly outpaced early on. This extra 4f today should hopefully enable him to travel better for longer, and if it does he has a great chance of making the frame at odds of 16/1.
STEVOS' SELECTION: 3.55 CHEPSTOW-CASTANEA 16/1 (E/W).
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