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Selection |
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- Lightning Maqueen
- Freddie Mitchell / G & J Moore
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43
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18/1 |
Lightning Maqueen
Placed in big-field Kempton bumper (good to soft) in March 2024 but both hurdle runs this year were very disappointing and he comes here with a lot to prove.
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- Locked Down Lad
- Sam Twiston-Davies / J Tickle
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20/1 |
Locked Down Lad
Won a point bumper on debut in March 2024 (good to soft) but struggled in a rules bumper (albeit on heavy ground) the following month and makes stable/hurdle debut after a 413-day absence.
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- Presenting Milan
- R T Dunne / R G Hawker
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114
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5/4 |
Presenting Milan
Won good-ground bumper at Hereford last November and returned from break with pretty good second on hurdling debut at Market Rasen (2m4f, good) five weeks ago; features prominently in calculations here.
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- Slade Shore
- Harry Bannister / R Bandey
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112
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11/1 |
Slade Shore
Runner-up in good-ground Irish point in December and made fairly encouraging hurdle debut in better race than this at Ffos Las (2m4f, good to soft) last month; however, two lesser runs have followed, the latest at Worcester on Friday.
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- West Hill Shadow
- M G Nolan / J W Mullins
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98
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20/1 |
West Hill Shadow
Showed first significant promise when 200-1 fourth at Doncaster (2m, good to soft) in January, his third hurdle start, but never looked dangerous there and needs to improve again here.
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- Dandylyon
- James Davies / R Rowe
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50/1 |
Dandylyon
Not disgraced in AW bumper in 2021 but, following a very long absence, was pulled up here (2m5f, good) when 150-1 for last month's hurdling debut.
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- Gorcombe Blueskye
- Harry Kimber / R Walford
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22
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33/1 |
Gorcombe Blueskye
Well beaten at triple-digit odds on all three hurdling starts (2m3f-2m5f).
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- Just A Heartbeat
- Bryan Carver / H Fry
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6/4 |
Just A Heartbeat
Made the frame in both bumpers last season, more recently when keeping-on second at Ascot (good) in February; likely to be suited by the longer trip on this hurdling debut; leading contender.
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- Yarborough
- Caoilin Quinn / G & J Moore
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7/1 |
Yarborough
Runner-up in low-grade Flat handicap last spring (1m2f, good; RPR 59); returned from layoff when disappointing Flat run last month but has each-way claims here if he takes well to hurdling.
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