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Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
6th	1	10	Straight A (G) FAV C&D winner. Creditable second of 8 in handicap at this C&D (11/8) 7 days ago. Weighted to be very competitive again.	422544	Alistair Rawlinson M Appleby	4	61.7kg	4.33 10/3
2nd	2	4	Havana Sky (G) V Course winner. Eight wins from 29 Flat runs. Latest win at Lingfield in October. 7/2, bit below form sixth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW) 11 days ago. Visor back on. Shortlist material.	844057	H Crouch E A L Dunlop	4	61.2kg	5.50 9/2
4th	3	12	Arnaz (G) T Not seen to best effect when seventh of 8 in handicap at Yarmouth (6f, soft, 7/2) 80 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. First run for yard after leaving Ed Walker.	607878	Billy Loughnane D M Loughnane	4	61.2kg	9 8/1
7th	4	3	Bint Havana Gold (M) P C&D winner. 3 wins from 13 runs this year. Bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap (14/1) at Kempton (6f) 17 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Merits consideration.	778170	Finley Marsh R Hughes	4	61.2kg	11 10/1
11th	5	7	Dragon God (C) T Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 14 in novice at Windsor (8.1f, good, 18/1) 89 days ago. Tongue strap on first time for handicap debut and he doesn't look totally straightforward. Has had a breathing op…	365231	Ben Sanderson C Hills	3	59.4kg	19 18/1
8th	6	11	Token Gesture (G) P 18/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at this course (8.6f) 12 days ago. Cheekpieces on first time.	588U-71	Tyler Heard M D I Usher	3	59.4kg	21 20/1
5th	7	2	Dapper Gee Gee (G) Winner at Chepstow in June. 50/1, last of 12 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 17 days ago, going off too hard.	104125	Jack Doughty A W Carroll	3	59.4kg	9.50 17/2
—	8	9	Diddy Man (G) Refused To Race Unreliable individual. C&D winner. Eighth of 10 in handicap (5/1) at this C&D 63 days ago, slowly away.	1352R8	R Havlin T Faulkner	4	59kg	13 12/1
9th	9	6	The Caribbean (G) BT Good second of 10 in handicap (14/1) at this C&D 63 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Tongue strap back on. Can give a good account.	291-307	Darragh Keenan H Main	4	59kg	5.50 9/2
1st	10	8	Lessay (G) Fifth of 7 in handicap (25/1) at Newcastle (8f) 9 days ago, running on. Difficult ask.	507261	Paddy Bradley P Morris	4	58.5kg	11 10/1
3rd	11	1	Book Of Life (G) Course winner. First run since leaving Ian Williams when tenth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 25/1) 14 days ago.	324527	Ryan Kavanagh P Morris	5	57.6kg	17 16/1
10th	12	5	Ten Club (G) Latest win at Lingfield in November. Eleventh of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW, 6/1) 11 days ago. Others more persuasive.	1000-75	Donagh Murphy A Wintle	4	57.2kg	26 25/1

Position	Prize
P1	3716.0 GBP
P2	1744.0 GBP
P3	871.0 GBP
P4	436.0 GBP
P5	217.0 GBP