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Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
5th	1	—	Washington Singer (G) Best effort yet on second hurdles start when runner-up in maiden at Lingfield last February (finishing ahead of a couple of subsequent improvers). Has run creditably without improving for switch to h…	U53451-	Rian Corcoran C Gordon	7	76.2kg	6.50 11/2
—	2	—	Shuil Ceoil (G) TV Took advantage of reduced mark when striking back in this sphere at Fontwell (21.8f) early last year. Rather miss-than-hit this campaign though, offering little at Ludlow last month. Heads back up in…	25-0326	Bradley Harris N P Mulholland	8	74.4kg	13 12/1
—	3	—	Hunting Percival (G) Pulled Up T Showed very little on first outing since leaving Syd Hosie after 22 months off at Chepstow recently so has plenty to prove.	304P6/9	Mr Harvey Barfoot-Saunt Mrs Tracey Barfoot-Saunt	11	73.9kg	301 300/1
—	4	—	Special John (G) P Runner-up on all 3 handicap hurdle outings prior to making a successful stable/chase debut at Exeter. Followed up in a solid handicap for grade at Wincanton (26.7f) next time and shaped much better t…	1552-12	Matt Griffiths S Thomas	7	73.9kg	3 2/1
—	5	—	Chief Black Robe (G) Pulled Up Won 4 handicap chases on the bounce for this yard in 2023. Posted much his best effort since rejoining Fergal O'Brien when runner-up at Market Rasen over fences (19.2f, soft) last month. Step back up…	42PU3-6	Tom Broughton F O'Brien	10	73kg	9 8/1
2nd	6	—	Lady Caro (M) Narrow Plumpton success last March remains her sole success in this sphere from 17 attempts and while she resumed with a couple of creditable placed efforts in September, she didn't really see her ra…	374213-	Cameron Johnstone-Baker Miss E C Lavelle	8	71.7kg	12 11/1
3rd	7	—	Hard Stare (G) T Bumper efforts weren't devoid of some promise, but he's been tailed off all 3 outings over hurdles. May well prove a different proposition now handicapping upped markedly in trip (tongue tie reapplie…	9/30073-	Ben Godfrey A J Honeyball	6	70.8kg	7 6/1
1st	8	—	Walkinthepresent (G) FAV P Placed in an Irish point. Tailed off in maiden/novice starts before leaving those efforts behind when third of 7 in handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter in January. Improved further upped to 3m in first-time…	683314-	Dylan Johnston N P Mulholland	6	69.4kg	2.75 7/4
—	9	—	Inchagoill Lady (M) Pulled Up PT C&D winner last spring but rather in-and-out in both codes this winter, below form returned to hurdles and more testing ground at Wincanton in January. Down to her last winning mark so worth a second…	562255	Mr Jack Stenhouse K Pickard	10	67.6kg	8.50 15/2
4th	10	—	Mancero (G) B Fair ex-French 15f hurdles winner but little to shout about for his current yard, though his latest seventh of 13 here (19f) was a step in the right direction. Needs to build on that upped further in…	42-41P2	Jack Tudor D Pipe	4	64.4kg	6 5/1

Betting forecast: Walkinthepresent (7/4), Special John (2/1), Mancero (5/1), Washington Singer (11/2), Hard Stare (6/1), Inchagoill Lady (15/2), Chief Black Robe (8/1), Lady Caro (11/1), Shuil Ceoil (12/1), Hunting Percival (300/1)