Cross Country Handicap Chase Tuesday

Looking at the entries for this it's not that difficult to whittle them down as you can virtually put a line through those without experience of this type of racing. Also, people tend to forget that it's a handicap. With his powers perhaps waning a little it's a big ask for Garde Champetre to defy topweight, a task which was beyond him last year. As such it's worth looking for a horse who has been here before and could still be on the up. I think I've found one in Another Jewel, fourth last year as a callow (in cross-country terms) 8yo and off a handy 10-4 this year. After his exploits here in March he ran a close third on unfavourable terms to l'Ami in the la Touche at Punchestown before taking a valuable cross country prize in France at Lion d'Angers. A distant second in a similar French race in September he then had a break before having a blowout over an inadequate 2 1/2 miles at Gowran Park over regulation fences a couple of weeks ago, presumably to leave him spot on for this. I've been steadily building a position on him at 25/1 for the past few days with Ladbrokes and Boyles which has now evaporated but he's arguably an even better bet now at 20/1 NRNB with the independents. unpl 12/1.