Bangor-on-Dee 2:15 Result

Form figures -77511 show a horse rapidly progressing and now winning with authority back to back, last run just 7 days ago so fully tuned and race-fit. Dan Skelton/Harry Skelton is a top combination at this level with a young, improving chaser clearly finding his feet over fences. Weight of 144lbs is low but that reflects a fair mark of 81 after only a handful of runs, and the trajectory suggests the handicapper is behind this horse rather than ahead of it. Rivals are more exposed: Soldier In Mayo and My Bobby's Lass return from over a year off and are unproven fitness-wise; Barry Fife has been struggling to find the frame consistently (-35P37) and is already race-fit without matching Delgany's scoring form; Moonlightinthepark's a maiden with a stop-start effort last time; Hiero Sport ran out at his last start and is old and light-raced over fences; Rockvale is held on official ratings and has markedly less戦 upside. The most reliable indicator here is a lightly-raced novice who is fresh from a course-and-distance-type winning effort with a strong yard/jockey booking, suggesting they see more to come. I'll take the confirmed-form, in-form novice over the more exposed, longer-off types.