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- Ash Wednesday
- J Mitchell / H Main
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75
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2/1 |
Ash Wednesday
The return to 6f didn't come off at Southwell last month (minus regular tongue-tie, now refitted) but he'd found his niche in 7f handicaps on Tapeta earlier, adding to two C&D wins with a cosy one at Southwell; should cope with 5lb rise if the sprint experiment hasn't unsettled him.
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- Kristal Klear
- Jason Hart / Mrs Stella Barclay
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77
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7/1 |
Kristal Klear
Raced over further for previous yard but she found her feet over 7f for this one in the second half of 2024, her second win (over C&D) gained in emphatic fashion; has had excuses since but she's entitled to go well on her second run back from a break.
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- Ever Driven
- Pierre-Louis Jamin / Tom Dascombe
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14/1 |
Ever Driven
Best effort when mid-division in a 7f York maiden as 2yo; two heavy defeats as a 3yo, including on handicap debut at Salisbury in August; has had wind surgery since and now goes in cheekpieces; risky.
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- Lequinto
- Rossa Ryan / A W Carroll
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78
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5/1 |
Lequinto
Three course wins, at 7f and about 1m (most recently in June 2023) but campaigned as a sprinter now and this is his first 7f run for over two years; not ruled out all the same; has run well in blinkers, first-time cheekpieces today.
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- Soar Above
- Benoit D L Sayette / J Butler
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84
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28/1 |
Soar Above
Out of sorts this winter but he's well treated now and his latest Kempton run was more promising; has done his AW winning, at 7f and 6f, on that track though and a winning revival is most likely to come back there.
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- Macanudo
- Ryan Kavanagh / Ian Williams
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79
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16/1 |
Macanudo
Sole win came in 5f AW novice but he was involved in three tight finishes three times last summer and ran his best race of the winter over 6f here last month; not so good on this track since and has a trip query in only his second 7f handicap, the first since 2yo days.
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- South Dakota Sioux
- Lewis Edmunds / J Butler
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75
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9/2 |
South Dakota Sioux
Has returned from a break in fine form and he made it 2-2 over C&D since the autumn when winning emphatically in January; coped well with the stiffer task at Kempton since when up in the weights against an unexposed one, and he looks a danger again.
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- Capuchinero
- Christian Howarth / Alice Haynes
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77
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18/1 |
Capuchinero
Losing AW run goes back to late 2023 but her C&D defeat last month was a narrow one, with two next-time winners just behind; she can go well fresh and has place prospects.
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- Triggered
- Billy Loughnane / D M Loughnane
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90
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12/1 |
Triggered
Two C&D wins in 2023 and after a rather up-and-down 12 months he came home strongly, after being slow to pick up, to finish just behind Capuchinero on this track last month; on the premises reunited with Billy Loughnane.
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- Letter Of The Law
- Gina Mangan / J G M O'Shea
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60
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40/1 |
Letter Of The Law
Ended his latest campaign with heavy defeats, following a 1m2f classified win at Brighton in August; has no great fondness for the AW and he looks unlikely back from a break over an inadequate trip.
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