Tigers Apprentice Handicap

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Ascot Day^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Scott McCullagh| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 65| D

9/4

Won at Chepstow latest and is only 4lb higher this time. Still needs a career best if he's going to follow up though. Worth noting that consistency isn't his strong point either.

Form: 25-0531

(3)

Smiley Bagel⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Mollie Phillips⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 64| BF| D

25/1

Debuts for a new yard and back on turf for the first time in over two years. Hard to know what to expect despite being in reasonable form on the AW lately. Rider's 10lb a help but he's not an obvious one to follow back in a race of this nature.

Form: 0-46024

(2)

Albert Boy⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Kieran Schofield| T: S Dixon| OR: 60| CD

7/2

Ran consistently well without winning towards the end of last season but showed he's still enthusiastic about the game when he finished a close second at Doncaster earlier this month. Up 1lb but sound claims if able to run to that level again.

Form: 62237-2

(5)

Broad Appeal⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Tyler Saunders⁽³⁾| T: J G Portman| OR: 60

11/10

Good effort at Windsor last month (had Ascot Day in behind him on that occasion) and has to make the shortlist from the same mark. 0-12 on turf does have to ability to figure at this level. Any rain will help.

Form: 34424-2

(1)

Life Knowledge^p¹⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: Jonathan Fisher| T: L Bailey| OR: 54| D

11/1

Came good on the AW last October but had no luck when tried over hurdles earlier this year. 0-19 on turf and limitations well exposed. 4lb above last winning mark and needs to be at his best on these terms.

Form: 429418-

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Remember Nerja^p¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Amelia Glass⁽³⁾| T: B Leavy| OR: 45

66/1

A maiden under both codes and not hard to overlook from out of the weights.

Form: 37/760-0

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(4)

Gawdawpalin¹⁰

Weight: 9-12| Age: 6

T: S Kirk J: Cieren Fallon

Forecasts

Broad Appeal (11/10), Ascot Day (9/4), Albert Boy (7/2), Life Knowledge (11/1), Gawdawpalin (16/1), Smiley Bagel (25/1), Remember Nerja (66/1)

ALBERT BOY is due a change of fortune and has been found a weak opening in which to try and rediscover winning ways. He's a consistent sort for this level and could be hard to resist if he builds on what was a very encouraging return to action at Doncaster last time out. Broad Appeal is fancied to uphold recent form with Ascot Day and gets the nod as the main danger to the selection. Life Knowledge is 0-19 on turf but doesn't have much to find to emerge as the best of the rest.