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Selection |
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- Daydream Nation
- Ben Harvey / W Harvey
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129
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3/1 |
Daydream Nation
Irish point winner who made virtually all and scored easily by 16l on rules debut at Gowran (2m4f, yielding) in October; faces tougher task under penalty here but still commands respect.
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- Kripticjim
- Brendan Powell / J Tizzard
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135
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5/6 |
Kripticjim
Runner-up on last month's seasonal/hurdle debut at Chepstow and created good impression when readily going one better at Ascot (also 2m3f, good to soft) a fortnight later; must be considered.
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- Starzand
- Non Runner / P Hobbs & J White
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127
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SP |
Starzand
Ended 2024 with wide-margin Irish point win and is 2-2 under rules this year, the latter win gained on seasonal/hurdle debut at Ffos Las (2m4f, soft) in October; penalised in a better race here but it's very hard to gauge the limit of his ability.
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- Crossgales King
- Rex Dingle / S Hosie
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86
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66/1 |
Crossgales King
Looked quite promising in bumpers but showed only minor promise and was ultimately well beaten on first two hurdling starts (both 2m3f).
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- Fiveosevensix
- Thomas Bellamy / A King
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22/1 |
Fiveosevensix
First foal; dam 1m winner (RPR 72), half-sister to two Flat winners; in good hands but has daunting standard to reach on belated debut.
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- Laurier Des Obeaux
- Caoilin Quinn / G & J Moore
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112
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12/1 |
Laurier Des Obeaux
Made fairly encouraging bumper debut in April and outran 28-1 odds when very respectable third of six over hurdles at Lingfield 2m3f, good to soft) last month but has quite a bit to find with the principals here.
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- Padre Arthur
- N De Boinville / N J Henderson
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5/1 |
Padre Arthur
First foal from a useful hurdler; raced a bit too freely and was beaten nearly 20l when sixth of 12 on bumper debut here (good to soft) six weeks ago but open to improvement over hurdles.
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- Peckforton Hills
- Alice Stevens / O Greenall & J Guerriero
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95
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40/1 |
Peckforton Hills
Won soft-ground Carlisle bumper in February but both 2m hurdle runs last month were very underwhelming; moves up in trip here.
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- Trial By Jury
- Ben Jones / B Pauling
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15/2 |
Trial By Jury
Brother to useful hurdler Hartington and half-brother to two fairly useful Flat racers; dam unraced half-sister to smart Flat/hurdle winner I'm Supposin; made winning Irish point debut in October (yielding to soft) and good market support will make him of strong interest on this rules debut.
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