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Ebury³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M Meade

1/4

Son of Iffraaj cost €36,000 as a yearling. Slowly away but ran on strongly to make a winning debut over a mile at Kempton in a strongly run race. Only likely to improve as he moves up in trip and looks a promising type.

Form: 1

(1)

El Picador¹⁸⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Louis Steward| T: Sir Michael Stoute

18/1

Dansili colt out of a 1½m handicap winner in France. Only moderate form so far but his reappearance at Kempton can be upgraded as he had no luck in the run and got too far behind. A likely improver for a powerful stable.

Form: 885-

(3)

Night Closure²⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S M Levey| T: J Butler

100/1

Gelded son of Royal Applause was well beaten at very long odds on both turf starts last June. Significant improvement needed on AW and season debut and hard to fancy.

Form: 04-

(2)

Flighty Almighty²⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe

5/1

Elusive Quality filly out of a 1m1f-1m2f winner made her debut over 7f at Ascot last July finishing a fair fifth of nine despite racing keenly. Form of that race worked out reasonably well and market likely best guide following an absence.

Form: 5-

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Innocent²⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Harry Bentley| T: R M Beckett

7/1

Cape Cross filly, bought for 55,000gns last year. Left debut effort behind when catching the eye with a running on fourth over a mile at Lingfield in September. That has proved to be a decent race previously and looks the type to improve this year.

Form: 74-

Forecasts

Ebury (1/4), Flighty Almighty (5/1), Innocent (7/1), El Picador (18/1), Night Closure (100/1)

Off these terms Innocent perhaps sets the standard on her second start but preference is for EBURY who could do little more than win impressively on debut and is only likely to improve. El Picador was out of luck on his reappearance and big progress would not be a surprise.