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Selection |
Form |
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Guide |
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- Slipway
- Ben Jones / B Pauling
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137
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9/2 |
Slipway
Comfortable winner of this race (good to soft) off the same mark last year; found life tough over fences at the start of this season but bounced back to form after wind surgery to win 2m5f course novice hurdle (good to soft) five weeks ago, holding on gamely; can win this race again.
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- The Wolf
- S Bowen / O Murphy
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137
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15/2 |
The Wolf
This 11yo has been an infrequent chase winner over the years but he did strike in quick succession at Huntingdon (2m7f, good) and Leicester (2m6f, good to soft) in November; not disgraced back from a break at Carlisle (3m, good to soft) last month and he may come on for that run.
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- Sail Away
- Tristan Durrell / D Skelton
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150
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12/1 |
Sail Away
No need to go too far back to unearth form on which he's well handicapped but his last two efforts haven't been obviously encouraging, finishing well behind the reopposing Dibble Decker at Huntingdon only 13 days ago.
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- The Doyen Chief
- Thomas Bellamy / A King
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137
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11/10 |
The Doyen Chief
Solid performer whose form figures in completed starts read 11211332; switched to fences for the last three of those, going down by only a neck at Taunton (2m7f, soft) last time; a 3lb nudge shouldn't prevent another prominent showing.
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- Dibble Decker
- Stan Sheppard / T Lacey
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134
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4/1 |
Dibble Decker
Added to his fine Huntingdon record when runner-up over 2m4f (good to soft) 13 days ago; claims if showing up in similar form.
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- Up The Straight
- N F Houlihan / R Rowe
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112
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22/1 |
Up The Straight
Fairly useful hurdler/chaser on his day but pulled up back hurdling after over year off in December; absent again since; plenty to prove.
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