Devondale Electrical Novices' Chase

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 4m 7.5s

1^st

Diego Du Charmil

511-2

2/5f

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Tracked sole rival, not fluent 9th, challenged 3 out, led before next, soon clear, impressive op 1/3 tchd 3/10

2^nd

Bagad Bihoue

611-12

15/8

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Led sole rival, ridden after 4 out, headed before 2 out, soon beaten op 9/4

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Forecasts

Diego Du Charmil (2/5), Bagad Bihoue (15/8)

Paul Nicholls will maintain his grip on this event but sets punters a poser here with his two nominated runners. Bagad Bihoue was hugely disappointing last time but there were valid excuses. If he gets into a good rhythm on a circuit where he goes well, then he can ask some serious questions of DIEGO DU CHARMIL. The selection was rated vastly superior to him over hurdles and gets a generous weight allowance for his debut over fences. His trainer has always thought of him as a potentially useful chaser and the stable jockey seemingly agrees. With that the case we have little hesitation in making DIEGO DU CHARMIL the selection.