With the recent rain a slight question mark for the reviving Sail Away, this could lie between the two unexposed ones BIG CITY ROLLER and Konfusion who both made a good impression in their latest chase starts. Frenchy Du Large, Erne River and De Tellers Fortune are others of interest in a competitive race.[Emily Weber]
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Losing run goes back two years but on a good mark now after a bleak spell and has been on the way back on last two completions, most recently to an improver at Warwick (3m, good; has form on soft); hampered and unseated early in the Scottish National; revival still underway.
Has missed chunks of his career but he finished with relish in a military amateurs' race at Sandown (3m, good to soft) in February on third run back from his latest layoff, and first start since wind surgery; has more to do back in a handicap but current mark may not be beyond him.
Three-time winner at Doncaster; he ran another good race on that track when third in a competitive handicap (3m2f, good; has won on soft) in March and while he hadn't covered himself in glory in previous Aintree runs he ran right up to his recent best there 19 days ago; on the premises.
Bang on the money when quite impressive at Wetherby (3m, good to soft; second run after wind surgery) on Boxing Day but he's been a different horse since and completed in his own time at Newbury in March; risky.
Multiple winner at up to 2m5f but none since 2022 and he's been through troubled times in the last 12 months; this belated step up to 3m (having run over 2m last time) looks more in hope than confidence.
Five of seven wins at Worcester but he couldn't get into the action there in August, nor at Market Rasen in October; only just above his latest winning mark last June, after a break, but there may be other days.
Point winner who made a successful hurdle debut in late 2023 and an impressive switch to fences here (2m4f, heavy) in February, albeit hard to rate the form with the only other survivors finishing legless; up 8lb, back up in trip and tackling more formidable opposition but he's promising.
Back on what should be a favourable mark and entitled to come on for recent return from a break but he had a shaky period following a good return to action last May, not looking like adding to five chase wins.
Hurdle winner at 2m7f but mostly kept to shorter trips these days and he hasn't gone on after a promising start to chase career, now 0-10; will do well to get off the mark in this company.
Four chase wins at up to 2m5f, (soft or slower ground) and has had limitations beyond that trip, including at Carlisle in March; needs a revival on what he's shown this winter; yard also runs Frenchy Du Large.
Lightly raced 6yo who lost his unbeaten good-ground record when turned over in three-runner race at Wetherby (3m) in March, where he still might have won, despite tending to hang, but for bungling the last; fitting cheekpieces could keep him on the straight and narrow.
Has needed time but he came on a ton during a winter break, finding plenty to beat a next-time winner at Wetherby (2m4f, soft) on his return and skating round from the front at Uttoxeter (3m, good) in March; up 12lb in a significantly higher grade but he does look talented.
Took a long time to get off the mark over fences, when beating three other finishers at Uttoxeter (3m2f, good to soft) in January, and subsequent efforts suggest he'll have his work cut at this level.
1/5 Odds Place 1,2,3,4
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