3.55 2m. 5f. 89yds. 12 Declared. ABP 'Summer Plate Trial' Handicap Chase (Class 3 ) of £21,000.00 5-y-o plus
1st - €11,090.00 2nd - €5,103.00 3rd - €2,552.00 4th - €1,277.00 5th - €636.00
Formscan - A very open contest sees a chance taken on KARL PHILIPPE, who struggled to land a blow in the Perth Gold Cup last time, but this easier-looking assignment could see Fergal O'Brien's charge return to form. The nine-year-old scored in convincing fashion on his penultimate start over 3m at Kempton and a repeat of that effort would see him difficult to beat. Yccs Portocervo was a commanding winner of a hunter chase over 2m5f at Newton Abbot and this hat-trick seeker commands plenty of respect, while Mylesfromwicklow should also be thereabouts.