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Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
1st	1	—	A King Of Magic (G) FAV T Left first hurdle start well behind (in first-time tongue strap) when staying on strongly from an unlikely position to land 2m maiden at Taunton (heavy). Ran at least as well in defeat under a penalt…	3-4512	Jay Tidball P F Nicholls	5	77.1kg	3.75 11/4
—	2	—	King Jon Oliver (G) Pulled Up Turned over an odds-on Willie Mullins rival to make a winning start for Olly Murphy at Fakenham and got back on track when fourth in 23f handicap at Uttoxeter last month. Still unexposed for yard whi…	0-21P4P	S Bowen O Murphy	6	76.7kg	4.50 7/2
—	3	—	Kingston Narcissus (G) TV Returned to winning ways (tongue tied) at Sedgefield on Boxing Day but below form both outings subsequently, including in a first-time visor on latest start.	170-122	Non Runner R Menzies	7	76.2kg	21 20/1
—	4	—	Monaco Rules (G) Made a winning start over hurdles for Francois Nicolle in October 2024. Yet to match that for his current yard but he stepped up on his reappearance when runner-up in 2½m Sedgefield handicap in Novem…	33P/42-7	James Bowen Micky Hammond	6	74.8kg	5.50 9/2
4th	5	—	Bois Guillbert (G) Lost his way over fences and again ran poorly reverting to hurdling at Musselburgh (2½m, good to soft) in February. Plenty to prove.	156-560	P W Wadge L Russell & M Scudamore	7	73.9kg	34 33/1
5th	6	—	Joeybottles (G) T Put his tame finishes behind him following a breathing operation when winning 10-runner handicap at Bangor (2½m, good) last month, readily. More to come and a 10 lb higher mark may not be enough to p…	3-7451	Toby Wynne O Greenall & J Guerriero	5	73.5kg	5 4/1
3rd	7	—	La Vish (G) Improved to get off the mark in 3-runner novice hurdle (20/1) at Warwick (21f, good to soft) 28 days ago, readily. That form isn't the easiest to pin down and further progress possible now handicappi…	83313-5	Paul O'Brien Sarah Hollinshead	5	73kg	19 18/1
2nd	8	—	Bel Ombre (G) T Fair in bumpers and matched that level sent handicapping when landing a gamble in 13-runner event at Taunton (19f, soft) in January, pushed out. Open to further improvement.	5/79412-	C O'Farrell N P Mulholland	6	73kg	5.50 9/2
—	9	—	Platin Moon (G) Pulled Up Doubled his tally in hard-fought fashion in 7-runner handicap hurdle at Ayr (2m, soft) in March, all out. Step back up in trip not guaranteed to suit though given his free-going tendencies.	465131	Bruce Lynn N W Alexander	5	71.2kg	9 8/1
—	10	—	Largy Meadow (G) Pulled Up T Headstrong sort who improved a chunk on his second handicap start when runner-up in 12-runner event at Newcastle (2½m, good) 12 days ago. Task is to now back that up in a stronger race here.	46F2P-2	Danny McMenamin R M Smith	6	68.5kg	11 10/1

Betting forecast: A King Of Magic (11/4), King Jon Oliver (7/2), Joeybottles (4/1), Bel Ombre (9/2), Monaco Rules (9/2), Platin Moon (8/1), Largy Meadow (10/1), La Vish (18/1), Kingston Narcissus (20/1), Bois Guillbert (33/1)