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- Dubai Honour
- Cieren Fallon / W J Haggas
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122
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11/8 |
Dubai Honour
Four wins at the very top level in Australia and France and meets Shader on the same terms as when beating him by a length at Southwell 19 days ago; sound claims if this pans out as favourably.
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- Shader
- Colin Keane / J & T Gosden
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120
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15/8 |
Shader
Highly progressive and when he wins he wins in style, most recent example when storming clear of five rivals in C&D Listed contest last month; again heavily backed but perhaps didn't enjoy making the running when beaten a length by Dubai Honour at Southwell last time; same terms here.
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- Ancient Wisdom
- Billy Loughnane / C Appleby
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122
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2/1 |
Ancient Wisdom
Group 1 winner at two but, unlike Dubai Honour and Shader, he's unpenalised thanks to finishing second rather than first in Group/Listed company since the end of March; major form claims and he's a fascinating contender tackling AW for the first time (his brother and half-brother both won on it); trainer won this with Rebel's Romance in 2023.
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- Claymore
- Nicola Currie / Jane Chapple-Hyam
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112
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22/1 |
Claymore
Made all in Local Group 1 in Hungary two starts ago then gave it a good shot in Swedish Group 3 (finished second); much more is needed here.
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- Lion City
- Ben Ffrench-Davis / C Ellam
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200/1 |
Lion City
Landed Sedgefield bumper last September when trained in Ireland by Shark Hanlon; no impact on stable debut in Listed bumper at Cheltenham last month and this looks a very tough first Flat assignment; blinkers retained.
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- West Wind Blows
- Non Runner / S & E Crisford
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117
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11/1 |
West Wind Blows
Shaped as if retaining plenty of ability when returning from a monster layoff over C&D last time but was readily brushed aside by Shader; that run should have taken the freshness out of him but he's just 3lb better off with the Gosden runner here; non-runner.
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