The suggestion is HIGHWAY ONE O FIVE, who has been making gradual improvement. Scudamore looks an obvious danger and Spirit Of Regulus may be capable of going well now freshened up. Although the handicap debutants have shown little, any positive market moves should be heeded.[Jonathan Doidge]
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2m2f hurdle winner (good to soft) who stayed 2m7f (good) when second in novice hurdle at Market Rasen latest; dropped 2lb for that effort and now drops back in trip; thereabouts again.
2m1f maiden hurdle winner (good) last season but hasn't full kicked on from there, particularly in his three starts since wind surgery; can go well when fresh, so may be capable of being competitive on return from layoff.
Multiple hurdles winner at up to 2m5f, mainly on good ground and including here; below par in all four starts since finishing fourth at Ludlow in December 2022; plenty to prove.
Raced only nine times and is beginning to go the right way, his 8l second at Plumpton (2m4f, good) latest being his best effort in this sphere; respected.
Can race freely and that hasn't helped in several recent performances, including when pulled up over C&D (good) latest; needs to be much better than his last two efforts.
0-7 over hurdles; peak effort came at Plumpton (2m. soft) where he finished third when trying to make all; latest effort here (2m, soft) was disappointing and he has something to prove back up in trip.
Debut bumper winner at Plumpton (2m1f, good), when with Oliver Sherwood, for whom he was unable to kick on over hurdles (all on a sound surface); has since changed hands and returns from absence with plenty to prove.
Well beaten in all four starts over hurdles, including his handicap debut at Sedgefield (2m4f, soft) last month; drops 4lb but hard to make a strong case on what we've seen.
Bumper debut last year was not devoid of promise; hard to make any sort of case from his three hurdles efforts but improvement is possible now handicapping.
2m4f hurdle winner (good) when with Tom Lacey; on a 17-race losing run since then and although placed over fences/hurdles for this yard he needs to find more to win again.