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Selection |
Form |
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Guide |
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- Bowood
- Elle-May Croot / I Furtado
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91
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5/1 |
Bowood
Won back-to-back over C&D (lower grade contests) across October and November; didn't get a clear run when seventh of ten at Southwell (1m) 53 days ago; likes it here, and is yet to win for anyone else bar Elle-May Croot, but close to a career best is required from this mark.
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- Criminal Shore
- Ben Robinson / D O'meara
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90
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6/1 |
Criminal Shore
1-13; runner-up in two of his three starts since fitted with a visor, including over C&D (Eve's Boy a nose behind in third) in October; absent since and it is slightly surprising to see the headgear removed; mark remains manageable, though.
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- Flying Fletcher
- S A Gray / R A Fahey
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91
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11/4 |
Flying Fletcher
Yet to win beyond 6f but has finished runner-up three times here (7f-1m) since September, including when beaten a short-head by a subsequent winner (The Green Man a luckless third) 12 days ago; 1lb higher (was ridden by a claimer last time) with Shane Gray back aboard.
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- The Green Man
- Alistair Rawlinson / P A Kirby
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94
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9/4 |
The Green Man
Comfortably won lower-grade 7f handicap here (Bajan Bandit second) in December; might have followed up over C&D at the start of this month but for being repeatedly short of room inside the final two furlongs; 1lb higher but remains well treated on peak form; major player.
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- Eve's Boy
- P Mulrennan / M Dods
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91
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9/2 |
Eve's Boy
1-13, and it would be fair to say that he is yet to fulfill his potential; finished third (Criminal Shore second) under Paul Mulrennan in October but failed to settle in newly applied cheekpieces when only seventh (also C&D; three of these rivals ahead) last time; Mulrennan back aboard.
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- Bajan Bandit
- Hollie Doyle / P Morris
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88
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13/2 |
Bajan Bandit
Consistent since winning off 4lb lower here (7f) in early December, finishing runner-up on his next two starts (including to The Green Man); had the run of the race when a weakening fifth over C&D (Flying Fletcher and The Green Man ahead) earlier this month; needs more.
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- Lessay
- J P Sullivan / P Morris
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90
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33/1 |
Lessay
Scored off 2lb lower at Wolverhampton in early December and finished runner-up here (also 7f) one week later; less effective (at up to 8.5f) since, and this stablemate of Bajan Bandit looks the least likeliest in a competitive contest.
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