1:50 Chepstow Tips

Pride of Nepal has won 7 of his 50 and bids for a hat-trick here after wins at Windsor and Lingfield. He won off 6 lbs higher at Lingfield and, though up another 3 lbs, is still 8 lbs below his highest winning mark. He has a good chance of the hat-trick.

Winner last year at Nottingham. Disappointing over hurdles last time. Runs off a low career handicap mark today, so should go well.

Nightmare ran a decent race on stable debut for today's amateur Miss Amy Tucker when 2nd of 6 at Kempton in the middle of January. Is now 7 lb lower than that effort and, last time out, was the beaten favourite when 2nd of 12 at Wolverhampton just under a fortnight ago. Has decent form at this level over this trip, so should be thereabouts if holding their consistent form. NB

Tiger Beetle is a seasoned 8yo gelding with four career victories and enough proven ability to be competitive in this grade. His recent form has been mixed, but his third-place finish at Wolverhampton in April showed he still retains plenty of ability. Dropping into familiar company and with a solid winning record to his name, he looks capable of bouncing back and is worth supporting to return to the winner’s enclosure.

Alazwar (IRE) is an 8-year-old gelding trained by Archie Watson and ridden by Miss Brodie Hampson. He runs today off a career-low handicap mark of 56, which is about 9 lb below his last win last June off 65. Under today's jockey he has an RPR of 74 ??' that was over today's trip, so he is clearly well handicapped. Archie Watson excels in these amateur contests and is 41 wins from 309 rides in such events, and 2 wins from 3 runs in amateur contests at Chepstow, with 3 from 3 placed. Today's visit could be very ominous for the opposition.