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Form |
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Guide |
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- Asta La Pasta
- Harry Skelton / D Skelton
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140
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11/4 |
Asta La Pasta
Dual chase winner last season (2m4f/2m), both times by wide margins in small fields; suited by good ground but ran poorly when last in action and still needs to prove he can cope with this career-high mark.
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- Flic Ou Voyou
- Danny McMenamin / H Hogarth
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142
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7/1 |
Flic Ou Voyou
Resurgent 11yo who won three 2m4f chases last season and was creditable second in valuable series final for veterans at Haydock (2m4f, good) last month; can't be ignored in current form.
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- Tedley
- Sam Twiston-Davies / N & W Twiston-Davies
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141
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4/1 |
Tedley
Launched chasing career with two wins in the autumn (2m/2m3f. good to soft/good) and generally remained in good form until end of last season; looked a non-stayer over 2m7f on latest outing and now drops back in trip with usual cheekpieces refitted; recent 3lb drop gives him a decent chance.
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- Prince Escalus
- K Brogan / J & A O'Neill
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145
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9/1 |
Prince Escalus
Missed most of last season but returned from nine-month break with quite encouraging third (albeit well held in the end) at Perth (2m, good to soft) last month; on a good mark and will also be suited by today's trip-and-ground combination; contender if that recent outing has brought him on.
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- Sainte Doctor
- R P McLernon / N P Mulholland
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141
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3/1 |
Sainte Doctor
Back in prime form towards end of last season, winning three in a row (2m4f-2m6f) before creditable second in valuable series final at Cheltenham (3m1f, good); ought to be right in the thick of things again here.
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- Malaita
- Charlie Deutsch / Mrs M Rowley
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137
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5/1 |
Malaita
Collected good prize at Cheltenham (2m4f, good) at end of 2023-24 season and ran well until stamina ebbed away over 3m1f there last month; drops back in trip today and enter calculations.
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