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Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
2nd	1	2	Arantes Nascimento (G) Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. 40/1, respectable fifth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (1m) 16 days ago. That was his first outing for 4 months so may strip fitter now.	271226	James Glennon M J Attwater	4	61.2kg	11 10/1
1st	2	10	Me Tarzan (G) B 4/1, respectable third of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7f) 60 days ago, left poorly placed. First run for yard after leaving James Fanshawe. Blinkers back on. Likely to be competitive.	1-64641	Harry Vigors A Watson	3	61.2kg	5 4/1
—	3	8	Bint Havana Gold (M) P Three wins from 14 runs this year, the latest at Chelmsford (7f) in October. Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7f) 11 days ago. Being eased another 2 lb can only help.	778170	Finley Marsh R Hughes	4	60.8kg	11 10/1
8th	4	5	Comedian Leader (M) Three turf wins this year, including twice here in August. Hard to derive much promise from last week's AW effort at Kempton after break, though.	789655	P Cosgrave J & S Best	5	60.3kg	34 33/1
3rd	5	3	Way To Dubai (G) FAV P Yet to win in Britain but was placed over C&D and 6f at Wolverhampton last month. Respectable fifth of 10 over 6f here 9 days ago. Likely to be on the premises again.	380404	Alistair Rawlinson M Appleby	6	60.3kg	2.88 15/8
6th	6	1	Enpassant (G) Three wins from 19 runs this year, the latest on Newcastle's AW in September. Good third of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7f) 18 days ago. Merits consideration.	091771	Darragh Keenan M Herrington	4	59.9kg	7 6/1
7th	7	7	Adelaide Bay (G) Three 7f AW wins for Jane Chapple-Hyam in the first half of 2025 but ran poorly in 1m handicap here on last month's return from a break for new yard.	882526	William Cox T Faulkner	3	59.9kg	34 33/1
5th	8	9	Apache Green (G) B 25/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at this course (1m) 22 days ago. First-time blinkers (replacing cheekpieces) need to have a positive effect.	095-2D5	K T O'Neill S Woods	3	59.9kg	6.50 11/2
—	9	4	Crystal Dagger (F) Fair form on turf but well held all 3 AW outings, including last of 11 in handicap at Southwell (6f) 19 days ago.	2-56848	Non Runner E Walker	3	59kg	51 50/1
4th	10	6	Dashing Donkey (G) Won twice over 1m at Newmarket this summer. 5/2, only respectable fifth of 7 in handicap at Yarmouth (1m, good to soft) 90 days ago. Acts on polytrack.	54-0504	Pierre-Louis Jamin W Stone	4	59kg	5.50 9/2

Betting forecast: Way To Dubai (15/8), Me Tarzan (4/1), Dashing Donkey (9/2), Apache Green (11/2), Enpassant (6/1), Arantes Nascimento (10/1), Bint Havana Gold (10/1), Adelaide Bay (33/1), Comedian Leader (33/1), Crystal Dagger (50/1)