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Pistoletto^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: A Mullen| T: J Ryan| OR: 89

6/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2019. 9/1, rare below-par effort when fifth of 11 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 14 days ago. Has to be taken seriously on recent form.

Form: 7-28535

(6)

Eton College²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: G Lee| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 84| CD

9/1

C&D winner here in April. 10/1, ran no sort of race when tenth of 11 in handicap at Goodwood (7f, good) 24 days ago, weakening from 3f out. Must bounce back.

Form: 961930

(4)

Gioia Cieca¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 93| D

15/2

Lightly-raced type who scored at Newcastle in February and upped his game again when fourth in listed contest at Lingfield. Ran poorly on turf debut at Royal Ascot so needs to leave that well behind.

Form: 6-140

(1)

True Blue Moon^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 80| D

13/2

Back on scoreboard at Hamilton (6f) last month and respectable efforts in defeat since, ninth of 16 in handicap at York (7f, good, 18/1) 19 days ago. Place claims.

Form: 80-8159

(5)

Tadreeb¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 83| D

4/6

Progressive colt who made a winning start to life in handicaps in 9-runner event (4/1) at Thirsk (7f, good to firm) 15 days ago, staying on to lead entering final 1f with bit in hand. More to come.

Form: 5-321

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(3)

Shelir¹³

Weight: 10-5| Age: 5

T: D O'Meara J: D Tudhope

Forecasts

Tadreeb (4/6), Shelir (7/2), Pistoletto (6/1), True Blue Moon (13/2), Gioia Cieca (15/2), Eton College (9/1)

A fascinating feature contest that can go the way of Mark Johnston's progressive TADREEB, who continues to go from strength to strength and can defy a 5 lb rise in the weights having made a winning start to life in handicaps at Thirsk just over a fortnight ago. Pistoletto is tough to win with but he's feared most in his current mood, with True Blue Moon next on the list.