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Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
4th	1	—	Blues Singer (G) Fairly useful bumper winner had been highly tried over hurdles before capitalising on a drop in grade at Huntingdon last time, and with further improvement likely, he has strong claims to follow up.	204-391	Thomas Bellamy A King	6	73.9kg	2.38 11/8
2nd	2	—	Imperfectlyperfect (G) Point/bumper winner made it 2-2 at this track when successful over C&D on hurdles debut, though he needs to bounce back following a break, having disappointed again when well-beaten fourth at Kelso i…	231-174	D R Fox L Russell & M Scudamore	6	73.9kg	5.50 9/2
7th	3	—	Pimmsoclock (G) Bred for further but ran to a fair level when winning 11-runner maiden at Fontainebleau (17.6f) on hurdling debut in October. Has since left Mme M. Pineda and is open to improvement on first start fo…	1	Danny McMenamin C Grant	5	73.9kg	23 22/1
1st	4	—	Red Oak (G) FAV Musselburgh maiden winner who chased home a useful type at Catterick in January and matched that form when fourth in a novice handicap at Newbury last time. Makes appeal returning to calmer waters.	2212P4	J J Burke James Owen	6	73.9kg	2.10 11/10
5th	5	—	Betteryouthanme (G) Unpromising in Irish points and shaped like one for handicaps second time up over hurdles, finishing (300/1) seventh of 15 at Wetherby.	075-313	Toby Wynne R M Smith	6	70.8kg	81 80/1
9th	6	—	C'mon So (G) Point runner-up attracted support but was last of the 6 to complete at this course (2½m) on hurdles bow. Connections will probably have their eye on handicaps, now.	64696-6	Gregor Walkingshaw L Russell & M Scudamore	5	70.8kg	81 80/1
8th	7	—	Caspada (G) Well held in bumpers and on hurdle debut at Carlisle (125/1) latest.	40682-6	Theo Gillard D McCain Jnr	5	70.8kg	126 125/1
11th	8	—	Countryman Joe (G) T Fared little better than in bumpers when pulled up on hurdle debut here and a first-time tongue strap is unlikely to make a difference.	68P	Peter Kavanagh Mrs J Walton	6	70.8kg	301 300/1
3rd	9	—	Hurlyburly (G) Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Arvico Bleu (winner around 2m). Improved again but no match for promising sort when second in Haydock bumper last time and merits…	462	Sean Quinlan Jedd O'Keeffe	5	70.8kg	11 10/1
6th	10	—	Mademewhatiam (G) T Inconsistent sort didn't offer much when fifth of 6 in handicap chase at Musselburgh in mid-February and hard to be confident returning to hurdles following a further 8 weeks off.	3P4556-	Nathan Moscrop Annabelle Sowray	7	70.8kg	301 300/1
10th	11	—	Prince Phil (G) H Pulled up on hurdles bow at Wetherby and is likely to need more time/distance.	5P0	William Maggs S England	5	70.8kg	151 150/1
—	12	—	Marvel Magic (G) Hasn't kicked on from a promising bumper debut and Imperfectlyperfect looks the stable's leading hope.	466	P W Wadge L Russell & M Scudamore	4	67.1kg	21 20/1

Betting forecast: Red Oak (11/10), Blues Singer (11/8), Imperfectlyperfect (9/2), Hurlyburly (10/1), Marvel Magic (20/1), Pimmsoclock (22/1), Betteryouthanme (80/1), C'mon So (80/1), Caspada (125/1), Prince Phil (150/1), Mademewhatiam (300/1), Countryman Joe (300/1)