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Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 4m 7.3s

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Awesomedude^t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: David Noonan| T: D Pipe| OR: 117| D

13/8

Promising individual who opened account over timber when taking 8-runner novice at Huntingdon (15.8f, good) 28 days ago. Likely more to come given his Flat ability so big shout under a penalty.

Form: 52-1

Olly's Folly¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Theo Gillard⁽³⁾| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 90

16/1

Poor maiden on Flat and similar form initially over hurdles but he did seem to run above himself when third last 2 starts, albeit seen to maximum effect at Ffos Las last time.

Form: 8250-33

Tardree^t²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: L Morgan| OR: 117| BF| D

5/4

Point/bumper winner who seems much better over fences than hurdles, failing to land the odds back in this sphere over C&D last month, albeit going close. Still a big player in this field.

Form: 13125-2

Rafiki²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King

5/1

Fairly useful on Flat, though possibly better on AW than turf. Likely to take to hurdles given his stable so needs considering.

Form:

Ten Ten Twenty²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: D J Jeffreys

40/1

Fair Flat winner for John Joseph Murphy but showed nothing both starts over hurdles for this yard.

Form: 8-P

Forecasts

Tardree (5/4), Awesomedude (13/8), Rafiki (5/1), Olly's Folly (16/1), Ten Ten Twenty (40/1)

It could be worth chancing RAFIKI, who's fairly useful on the Flat and is likely to take to this sphere given his stable. Penalised-winner Awesomedude is the obvious threat ahead of Tardree.