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No win since a novice event as 2yo but best efforts last term give him a shout, as does his good run in a warm AW race on 2025 return; two lesser shows have followed (the Lincoln and Thirsk Hunt Cup) and headgear goes on.
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9
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11/2
9/2
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5/1
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7f novice form was pretty useful on turf and AW; 9-1 for handicap debut in the Spring Mile at Doncaster (good to soft) two months ago and came from mid-division to have his say in fourth of 21; up 1lb but it's easy to envisage him being capable of better.
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7
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6/1
11/2
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6/1
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Spotlight :
Drew a blank in 2023 and 2024 but was often on the premises and he timed it just right, in the final stride, when putting the record straight in 17-runner Victoria Cup at Ascot (7f, good to firm) 19 days ago on debut for new connections; has run over this far only once (last October) and didn't shine but he's not badly treated up 4lb since Ascot.
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6
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13/2
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Well-bred filly whose career shot forwards at Navan (1m) last autumn when she won a maiden (on good) and handicap debut (good to yielding); the latter was just a six-runner race but she did well to give the others first run and squeeze through to snatch it on the line; has since left Michael O'Callaghan (same owners); promising recruit for her new yard.
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10
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13/2
6/1
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13/2
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Won 16-runner handicap at the Newmarket Guineas meeting (1m, good; 1lb lower today) last May; failed to match that afterwards for Ed Walker and although his third at Kempton (1m, AW) in April looked an encouraging first run for new calculations, he flopped (reportedly lost his action) when back for the same Newmarket race 16 days ago; mixed signals but William Buick (on board last time) returns for another crack.
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3
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(9) |
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8/1
15/2
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8/1
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Spotlight :
Won two in a row on heavy at Goodwood (1m1f/1m) in the autumn; reappeared with a respectable eighth in the Lincoln at Doncaster (good to soft) and should have benefited from that but he's of most interest on soft or heavy.
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9/1
17/2
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8/1
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Spotlight :
3lb lower than when he beat his 16 rivals at Newmarket (1m, good) in April 2024; that was his first run of the season and he showed enough on occasions afterwards to be of interest at the same juncture this time round.
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11/1
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Held up; won handicap debut over 7f on good ground last July and twice in a row over 1m on soft ground last August, before two good seconds; unraced on firmer than good; interesting prospect.
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12/1
11/1
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12/1
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Upped in distance for two wins at Wolverhampton (8.6f/9.4f) early this year, with plenty in hand on second occasion but he was well beaten off this 9lb higher mark in a valuable Newcastle race 11 weeks later; has a little bit more more to prove back on turf as well.
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5
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10/1
11/1
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12/1
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Sole win (11 races) was in 2022; career-low mark when beaten a neck in first-time blinkers at Haydock (1m, heavy) last October when last seen; now tries cheekpieces but virtually all form suggests that he is vulnerable.
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8
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18/1
16/1
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18/1
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Made all in a novice at Windsor (1m, soft) last May but he trailed on handicap debut at Royal Ascot (1m2f, good to firm; 40-1) in June; gelded in December and still unexposed but he needs to resume progress after 11 months off; withdrawn when the ground was good to firm at Windsor on Monday.
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12
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(5) |
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16/1
18/1
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20/1
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Spotlight :
Highly progressive after moving into handicaps last year, winning six times over about 1m with varied tactics; he's not fired on either start this term but has a competitive mark if back on song.
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13
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(11) |
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20/1
22/1
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20/1
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Spotlight :
Good neck second off 1lb lower on reappearance (1m, good) last year but below form on his only two starts since (last May/July); competitive if he returns refreshed.
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