Strategic Fortune, who will be happier back round here and down in trip, and ultra-consistent course regular Port Noir should both go well again. CITY ESCAPE is 4lb well-in, though, and can make amends for an unlucky defeat here on Tuesday before her new mark kicks in tomorrow.[Graham Wheldon]
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Veteran who pulled hard from a similar stall and finished held behind City Escape here on Tuesday, having won off 3lb lower over C&D last month; has his good and bad days now.
Couple of absences since leaving Ivan Furtado and has finished comfortably held in three runs back; 1m2f may have been beyond him last time, though, and he's another 3lb lower in first-time headgear.
Looked unlucky not to complete a quickfire C&D hat-trick on Tuesday, when slowly away and having little chance given the way the race unfolded; will be 4lb higher from tomorrow and holds obvious claims.
Course winner for the Johnston yard as a 2yo who started favourite for a couple of Irish turf handicaps early last summer; easy to back here on Wednesday, returning from four months off, when hitting traffic late having struggled early (8.6f).
Three-time C&D winner who's been dry in two years but been enjoying a consistent spell; pulled hard and didn't see out 1m4f last time and will be happier back round here.
Course regular who returned a solid effort back from a second round of wind surgery in a race that didn't set up ideally over C&D last time; rarely runs badly here and looks set to go well again.
Headgear worn for his three wins is on for the first time since joining this yard, which is a positive; he's down to a career-low mark too under Hollie Doyle, but has become wildly inconsistent.
Came away with Strategic Fortune when winning over C&D last November (2lb worse off tonight); has been held a few times here since, though, including on Wednesday night.
Regressive gelding who did better, given a second try in the visor in place of cheekpieces, over C&D last time; that came in a 0-50 classified event and he's no certainty to repeat the effort.
1/5 Odds Place 1,2,3
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