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Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
11th	1	10	Love Your Work (G) Five-time C&D winner. Four wins from 19 runs last year. Tenth of 12 under a penalty in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 7/1) 18 days ago. 2 lb lower and his AW record is a positive one.	421710-	K T O'Neill Darryll Holland	10	61.2kg	13 12/1
3rd	2	1	Forest Caper (G) H Yet to win a race and expensive to follow, just a respectable fifth of 10 in novice at this C&D 20 days ago. This is the easiest band of handicap he's contested.	05-3442	Cieren Fallon D O'Meara	5	61.2kg	9.50 17/2
2nd	3	2	Ernie's Valentine (G) Latest win at Wolverhampton in November. 14/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 15 days ago. Likely to bounce back given overall profile.	525584	Phoebe Edwards R Burdon	7	60.8kg	8.50 15/2
7th	4	8	Double Time (G) HT Latest win at Kempton in October. Shaped better than the result when sixth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (11/1) 30 days ago, doing plenty at the head of affairs. Enters calculations.	16146-7	Callum Hutchinson Tim Vaughan	8	60.8kg	7.50 13/2
6th	5	6	Terries Royale (G) Down in the weights but failed to fire on first AW start for a while when sixth of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford (8f) 37 days ago. Eased further 2 lb and represents in-form yard.	846007	Alistair Rawlinson M Appleby	6	59.9kg	5 4/1
1st	6	3	Soames Forsyte (G) P Unreliable type. C&D winner. Three wins from 12 runs last year. Last of 8 in handicap (40/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 15 days ago, very slowly away. Not easy to make a case for.	845506	Dylan Hogan M Herrington	7	59.4kg	29 28/1
10th	7	4	Al Hofzan (G) Lightly-raced maiden. 18/1, good third of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 15 days ago, sticking to task. 1m therefore looks well worth exploring.	042354	William Cox G Nicholls	4	59.4kg	10 9/1
12th	8	9	Far Ahead (G) 40/1, last of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 7 days ago. Dropped further 5 lb but has questions to answer.	007022	Ethan Tindall R A Fahey	4	59kg	51 50/1
4th	9	12	Beaming Light (G) E Three wins from 12 runs last year. Fourth of 7 in handicap (10/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 33 days ago. Eyeshields on first time and inching back towards last winning mark.	865604	Rowan Scott D Loughnane	6	59kg	6.50 11/2
8th	10	7	Havana Touch (G) Last of 9 in handicap (50/1) at Chelmsford City (8f) 37 days ago.	892126	S D Bowen J Butler	5	58.1kg	51 50/1
5th	11	11	Mercurius Power (G) TP C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Seventh of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 11/2) 29 days ago. Has fallen to a workable mark.	366785	Lewis Edmunds Jessica Macey	8	57.2kg	17 16/1
9th	12	5	Miners Gamble (G) FAV V Not for the first time wasn't seen to best effect when fifth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford (8f) 6 days ago, nearest finish having been denied a clear run. Shortlist material.	596805	Ben Robinson B Ellison	5	56.2kg	4.50 7/2

Betting forecast: Miners Gamble (7/2), Terries Royale (4/1), Beaming Light (11/2), Double Time (13/2), Ernie's Valentine (15/2), Forest Caper (17/2), Al Hofzan (9/1), Love Your Work (12/1), Mercurius Power (16/1), Soames Forsyte (28/1), Havana Touch (50/1), Far Ahead (50/1)