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- Tuba
- Gina Mangan / F O'brien
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65
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7/2 |
Tuba
Ex-Irish; maiden after 15 races but fourth of 11 over C&D 16 days ago, on third run for new stable and finishing just 1l behind Damzon and Zooks, showed he can still be competitive.
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- Hedonista
- Daniel Muscutt / B J Llewellyn
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67
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11/1 |
Hedonista
Twice runner-up (on Tapeta at 1m6f/2m) at turn of the year but, despite a major fall in the weights, has only once been thereabouts in her eight starts for new yard; that was over C&D three starts back and she has had wind surgery (her second) since latest, but there have to be doubts.
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- Zooks
- Billy Loughnane / Ian Williams
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65
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2/1 |
Zooks
Consistent this year, including wins at about 1m6f on AW in February and turf in July; those are her only two wins but her close third of 11 over C&D (never nearer; short head behind Damzon and 1l in front of Tuba) confirmed she is one to take seriously.
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- Corsican Caper
- Warren Fentiman / K Frost
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64
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8/1 |
Corsican Caper
All five wins came in 2024, the first on AW but his overall AW record now stands at 1-25 and he needs better than he's shown in recent outings; just held by Zooks and Tuba judged on their C&D clash 16 days ago.
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- Lawmans Blis
- Lewis Edmunds / S A Harris
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66
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50/1 |
Lawmans Blis
Six-time winner (four times here) who showed some spark in June and has dropped down the weights but recent results do not augur well.
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- Damzon
- Jack Doughty / A W Carroll
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70
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5/1 |
Damzon
17-race maiden but recent second over C&D at 20-1 was the closest she's come to a win, in front of four of today's rivals; she got first run on Zooks, who closed to a short head at the line, that day but both ran on well and look major players.
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- Hiconic
- Georgia Dobie / A M Hales
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11/1 |
Hiconic
The last of seven hurdle wins was in July 2024; third on penultimate outing stands out a mile among her four runs this May-August (pulled up in first-time cheekpieces on latest) and the latest of her ten Flat races was in May 2022, so it's hard to be confident about her prospects today.
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- Star Of Jupiter
- L Morris / D M Loughnane
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67
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4/1 |
Star Of Jupiter
Consistent on turf in July-October once upped to 2m/2m1f and didn't get the run of the race when trying C&D on latest outing; wears tongue-tie and cheekpieces for the first time in combination (has tried plenty of headgear); sole win was at Wolverhampton and he again has a shout.
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- Mostly Mozart
- K T O'neill / R T Phillips
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55
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28/1 |
Mostly Mozart
0-12; third on handicap debut here (9.4f) in January but it's been a major uphill struggle since, including behind four of these rivals 16 days ago when it did not help that he reared and blew the start.
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