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(1)

Katheefa¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 85| CD

7/1

Won his last two starts over C&D and has added two further wins since then on other AW surfaces off higher marks. Produced a career-best last time over this trip at Wolverhampton (helped by a strongly-run race); up 3lb still enters calculations.

Form: 034281-

(7)

Young John²²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Murphy| OR: 84| CD

11/4

C&D winner who comes here off the back of a below-par run on Polytrack having produced a sound 7f Fibresand performance the time before. Has won off marks in the 80's in the past but this rating may just be beyond him now.

Form: 121026-

(5)

Zylan¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 84| CD

14/1

No stranger to winning on Fibresand with five course wins to his name, three coming at this trip. Struggled for the most part since his win off a 2lb higher mark over C&D in February; ran poorly after a break last time, still without usual headgear.

Form: 676360-

(2)

Eye Of The Water¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: David Probert| T: R Harris| OR: 82| D

25/1

Yet to run on Fibresand he's by a sire with a modest record on this surface. Faces a fair few with better records at this track having run poorly on Tapeta last time (well beaten behind Katheefa); others are more persuasive in this instance.

Form: 611930-

(4)

Aleef⁷²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Rob Hornby| T: R M Beckett| OR: 82| BF| D

8/1

Three-time winner on turf in Ireland last year over sprint trips and now returns to GB to make his debut with a new yard. Had a couple of previous tries on this surface (placed third/fourth); interesting runner off this mark but may be better over 5f

Form: 838417-

(6)

Shallow Hal²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: K R Burke| OR: 80| D

2/1

Fibresand newcomer who went through last year without a win and on the whole his season was an underwhelming one even after a wind op. Still 4lb above his last winning mark although he is by a sire (Mayson) who has a good record on this surface.

Form: 047076-

(3)

Samovar^b²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 79| CD

5/1

Quirky sort who is capable of some decent form but often throws his chance away at the start. Five-time course winner and despite having won over this trip here is thought better at 5f; produced a typical performance over 5f last time.

Form: 22135-2

Forecasts

Shallow Hal (2/1), Young John (11/4), Samovar (5/1), Katheefa (7/1), Aleef (8/1), Zylan (14/1), Eye Of The Water (25/1)

Four C&D winners out of the septet that are scheduled to go to post with KATHEEFA looking to be the most interesting back on a surface where he’s won his last two races. He’s up 3lb but remains in 0-85 company and should once again make a bold bid. Aleef was below-par when last seen in Ireland but should pay his way for his new yard given he was very consistent for the most part in 2019. Of the other C&D winners Young John looks the pick and its not beyond the realms of possibility that Shallow Hal has more to offer this year having been disappointing throughout last year.