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Solid Strike^p1⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: Paul Collins| OR: 100

11/8

4-13 in PTP's, including at nearby Corbridge; remains a maiden under rules having been beaten a neck at Leicester (2m6f+, good) last week; cheekpieces applied with Brian Hughes booked to ride.

Form: 363-572

Lost Frequency^t1¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 95

20/1

PTP winner (April 2016); has found life tough since joining Lucinda Russell for £35,000; handicap mark easing (down a further 5lb), so that offers a glimmer of hope.

Form: 196/377

Outnumbered¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant| OR: 94

6/1

0-5 over fences, including when finishing a distant third to Glittering Love over C&D (heavy) in December; poor since and now 8lb lower in the weights.

Form: 6-FP366

Well Joey^t⁷³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: P Stafford| OR: 90

11/4

25-race maiden (0-10 over fences); has left Prunella Dobbs since competing at Punchestown on New Years Eve; found a weak handicap in which to start-off life for a new trainer.

Form: 6U5586

Ringaringarosie²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Craig Nichol| T: M Todhunter| OR: 79

11/1

Ten-race maiden (0-6 over fences); has found the frame on a couple of occasions over 2m at Sedgefield, including when beaten just under 5L by the unpredictable Roxyfet three-weeks ago.

Form: 5U3773

Silverton⁹²

Age: 12| Weight: 10-2| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L B Normile| OR: 76| D

11/1

Made relentless late progress (baulked on the run-in) when beaten ¾L by Mr Witmore in this contest in 2018 (heavy); witnessed in competitive action just once since, so difficult to enthuse over despite her 2lb lower mark.

Form: 4P/932-8

Gin Cobbler¹⁵

Age: 13| Weight: 10-0| J: Philip Armson⁽⁷⁾| T: V Thompson| OR: 70| C| D

25/1

Has winning form at this track (2m) but you have to go back to 2017 to find the last time he visited the winners enclosure, and there's not been much cheer since; trainer saddled a winner at Sedgefield on Tuesday.

Form: 64P294

Sory^p1⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 10-0| J: Danny McMenamin⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss T Jackson| OR: 66

12/1

20-race maiden; lacks much in the way of previous experience over fences despite his age (0-2); wears first-time cheekpieces; others just about preferred.

Form: 7-59434

Forecasts

Solid Strike (11/8), Well Joey (11/4), Outnumbered (6/1), Ringaringarosie (11/1), Silverton (11/1), Sory (12/1), Lost Frequency (20/1), Gin Cobbler (25/1)

It's not stretching the imagination to state that this is a particularly weak race even by Hexham standards, although it does feature last year's runner-up Silverton. With viable threats at a bare minimum, by far the likeliest candidate is the top-weight SOLID STRIKE. This fact has clearly been recognised by the agent of Brian Hughes, so with a safe round of jumping this should be yet another winner on the board.