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Friday 5 January 2024

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Nolton Cross²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Jason Hart| T: H Palmer| OR: 89| BF| CD

16/5

C&D winner. Three wins from 13 runs last year. Good head second of 8 to Haku in handicap at Wolverhampton (1½m) 27 days ago. Should go well again.

Form: 636552-

(5)

Rhythmic Intent²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Marco Ghiani| T: S C Williams| OR: 86| D

4/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Good second of 12 in handicap (6/1) at Newcastle (12.5f) 20 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 335562-

(4)

Haku^p1²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 82| D

5/1

9/2, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (1½m) 27 days ago by head from Nolton Cross. Cheekpieces on first time. No reason he won't give another good account.

Form: 047351-

(3)

Buxted Too²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: K T O'Neill| T: Ian Williams| OR: 82| D

40/1

Five wins from 11 runs last year. 33/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 29 days ago. Back up in trip. Back to a potentially lenient mark.

Form: 315400-

(1)

Heathen⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Hector Crouch| T: D O'Meara| OR: 80| BF| CD

9/4

Showed the immediate benefit of a switch from Ed Dunlop to David O'Meara when scoring easily over C&D last month. Even better form when narrowly denied back here a week ago. Pulled 3 lengths clear of the third on that occasion and looks well treated off the same mark.

Form: 867912-

(8)

Ensured²⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 80

6/1

Won in Britain for James Fanshawe in 2021. Drawn a blank in Hong Kong since. Betting perhaps the best guide to expectations on this first run back with former yard.

Form: 254/070-

(2)

Chase The Dollar²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Tom Marquand| T: D Loughnane| OR: 79| C

14/1

Course winner. In good form until a lesser run at Chelmsford last month (reportedly finished lame). Not the type to stay down for long.

Form: 542217-

(10)

Achnamara^p²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: R Havlin| T: P A Kirby| OR: 77| D

80/1

125/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (12.5f) 20 days ago, going off too hard. Others much more obvious.

Form: 007209-

(9)

Midnight Lion^t²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 79

50/1

First run since leaving Charlie Johnston when pulled up in juvenile hurdle at Aintree (17f, heavy) on NH debut 27 days ago. Makes AW debut quickly returned to the Flat.

Form: 245/418-

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Night Bear^p⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: Hayley Turner| T: A W Carroll| OR: 70| CD

66/1

C&D winner. Below form sixth of 13 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Kempton (16f, good to soft) 53 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 0113/69-

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Valsad⁸⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: J A Osborne J: Callum Shepherd

Forecasts

Heathen (9/4), Nolton Cross (16/5), Rhythmic Intent (4/1), Haku (5/1), Ensured (6/1), Valsad (8/1), Chase The Dollar (14/1), Buxted Too (40/1), Midnight Lion (50/1), Night Bear (66/1), Achnamara (80/1)

HEATHEN has been well and truly revitalised by the switch to David O'Meara and can gain compensation for last Friday's near miss over C&D. Last month's Wolverhampton 1-2 Haku and Nolton Cross may give him most to do.