Plumpton preview: Reblis ready to rock for in-form Moore

David Metcalf | December 14, 2015

Trainer Gary Moore has his team in tremendous shape, and Reblis can take advantage of a drop in the weights to provide him with another winner in the 3m 1f handicap chase on today’s card at Plumpton (13.50).

The gelding is a thorough stayer who revels in the mud and has won three of his eight starts at the venue.

In the last of those successes, Reblis stayed on strongly to beat Smoking Aces by 4 1/2 lengths in the 2014 running of the Sussex National off a mark of 119.

The 10-year-old was harshly hit with an 11lb rise for that success, and struggled to make any impact in his next five starts.

However, that resulted in the handicapper cutting Reblis some slack and he ran well to finish third in this year’s running of the Sussex National of a rating of 117.

The son of Assessor is now able to race off just 111, and comes into the contest on the back of an excellent run over hurdles when runner-up at Lingfield over an inadequate 2m 3f.

That was a huge step back in the right direction, and Reblis looks weighted to take all the beating if building on it now that he has his optimum conditions.

Burgess Dream to go one better

In the 3m 1f handicap hurdle (14.20), Burgess Dream looks decent value to open his account under rules.

The gelding was a winning pointer in Ireland before joining trainer Anna Newton-Smith, and has posted improved efforts to finish runner-up on his last two starts.