3.00 3m. 4f. 178yds. 9 Declared. Surrey National Handicap Chase (Class 3 ) of £30,000.00 5-y-o plus
1st - €15,843.00 2nd - €7,290.00 3rd - €3,645.00 4th - €1,824.00 5th - €909.00
Formscan - COOLVALLA has proved a revelation since being switched to fences, with three victories to his name since early November, and he looks more than capable of continuing his progress after being hit with an 11lb rise for romping home by 19 lengths at Fontwell on Boxing Day. Movethechains wasn't disgraced on his reappearance when finishing fifth in the Welsh Grand National and isn't taken lightly now returned to this level, which last saw him cruising home here in splendid isolation. Shanty Alley wasn't far off his best at Newbury in late-December and completes the shortlist.