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Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
6th	1	6	Norcross Brow (G) Matched the pick of his juvenile efforts when second of 9 at Southwell on handicap bow last month. Not seen to best effect here since so worth another chance back up in trip and down in class.	683121	P Mulrennan Ollie Pears	3	61.2kg	4.20 16/5
2nd	2	1	Kameko Fever (G) Went with a bit more promise than previously switched to a handicap when fourth over C&D 6 weeks ago despite still showing signs of greenness. May do better yet.	424407	D Nolan R A Fahey	3	60.8kg	9 8/1
1st	3	9	Smartanck (G) T Off the mark at Wolverhampton on handicap debut in September for Richard Hughes. However, well held both starts for this yard so plenty to prove now.	910000	Cam Hardie A Brittain	3	60.3kg	51 50/1
7th	4	3	Kingofthecarnival (G) FAV Left previous form well behind when justifying support here (7f) on handicap bow/return 16 days ago. Well on top at the finish that day and will prove suited by this longer trip, so good chance he ca…	476-174	Hollie Doyle A Watson	3	60.3kg	2.20 6/5
3rd	5	8	Sailor Batt (G) Maiden who got back on track switched to all-weather when second at Wolverhampton (7.2f) on return but produced a laboured effort over C&D since.	36-2533	Joanna Mason T D Barron	3	59.9kg	6 5/1
8th	6	5	Secret Testimony (G) B Showed improved form switched to the all-weather when narrow winner of 7f handicap here when last seen in November. That form has since been boosted so player if ready to go.	01-8974	Zak Wheatley D Carroll	3	59kg	26 25/1
5th	7	2	Space Moon (F) Offered something to work on when third in 10-runner novice here (6f) on debut but failed to build on that next 2 starts, seemingly with handicaps in mind. Up in trip and expected to make more of an …	065673	Ben Robinson B Ellison	3	58.1kg	26 25/1
4th	8	7	Zoustellar (F) T Yet to show much, including on handicap bow at Kempton latest. Tongue strap on 1st time.	9-64315	Billy Loughnane G Boughey	3	57.6kg	11 10/1
9th	9	4	Captain Bruce (G) T Quickly got back on the up tackling a markedly longer trip when winning 5-runner nursery here in October. However, disappointed at Chelmsford later that month and off since. Tongue strap on 1st time.	16-9098	Alex Jary N Tinkler	3	56.7kg	29 28/1

Betting forecast: Kingofthecarnival (6/5), Norcross Brow (16/5), Sailor Batt (5/1), Kameko Fever (8/1), Zoustellar (10/1), Space Moon (25/1), Secret Testimony (25/1), Captain Bruce (28/1), Smartanck (50/1)