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Selection |
Form |
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Guide |
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- Star Of Guiting
- Jamie Brace / N A Twiston-Davies
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111
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7/4 |
Star Of Guiting
Displayed improvement to win quite cosily at Exeter (2m, good to soft) in December, his third start, and backed up that performance with creditable second under penalty at Newbury (2m, soft) last month; major player.
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- Laughing John
- N De Boinville / N J Henderson
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108
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2/1 |
Laughing John
Out of a fairly useful Flat/hurdle winner; unable to justify warm favouritism but still displayed considerable promise before fading into third (nearly 4l behind Star Of Guiting) at Newbury (2m, soft) last month; could be hard to beat here if that run has brought him on.
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- Le Soleil Reve
- David Noonan / Mrs J Williams
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103
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13/2 |
Le Soleil Reve
French-bred gelding; beaten favourite but still made promising debut when third of five behind Star Of Guiting at Exeter (2m, good to soft; beaten about 9l) in December; 7lb better off with the winner here and entitled to have learned from that experience.
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- Mad Maxios
- Paul O'brien / Harry Derham
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11/4 |
Mad Maxios
26,000euros foal; fifth foal; dam pulled up in bumper, sister to smart jumper Le Patriote, half-sister to French 3m Grade 1 hurdle winner La Segnora; has fairly good standard to reach on debut but makes appeal on paper.
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- Pink Breeze
- Charlie Deutsch / Miss V Williams
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76
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66/1 |
Pink Breeze
Half-sister to connections' very useful chaser Pink Legend; 5-4 favourite for debut at Ludlow in December but did not look straightforward and was struggling to keep up from a fairly early stage; presumably thought capable of much better but some of today's rivals look much less risky.
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