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Wednesday 2 April 2025

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Tuco Salamanca⁴^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-13| J: P J McDonald| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 73

4/5

Promising individual. 5/6, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 4 days ago, pushed out. Carries penalty but demands consideration in his current mood with return to 1m no issue.

Form: 587-111

(9)

Best Adventure²⁰²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Watson| T: A M Balding| OR: 75| BF

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 15/8, creditable third of 7 in nursery at Doncaster (8f, good), needing stronger gallop. Off 6 months (gelded). Makes tapeta debut for excellent yard and type to make a better 3-y-o.

Form: 4243-

(10)

Everyoneknowsadave^p⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 74| CD

25/1

12/1 and cheekpieces on for first time, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this C&D 75 days ago, well on top finish. First run for yard after leaving Amy Murphy and not yet exposed over 1m.

Form: 66157-1

(1)

Canvas²²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Swift| T: S Dixon| OR: 73

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 9 in nursery at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 4/1). Off 7 months (gelded). First run for yard after leaving Martyn Meade and mark looks stiff on balance.

Form: 5467-

(6)

West Tyrone^p²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR: 73| CD

5/1

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (15/8) at this C&D 29 days ago, kept up to work. Up in grade but not taken lightly as a straightforward type.

Form: 446-21

(7)

Sir David¹⁷³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J P Spencer| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 73

28/1

Set a stiff task and fared a well as could be expected when tenth of 14 in minor event at York (7f, soft, 100/1), merely closing up late. Off 173 days. Makes tapeta/handicap debut. Stiff task.

Form: 3360-

(2)

Cristo¹⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 73

17/2

Creditable second of 6 in nursery (9/4) at Ripon (8f, good to soft), despite being slowly away. Off 6 months. Makes tapeta debut.

Form: 966392-

(12)

Political Power¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Egan| T: Charlie Clover| OR: 73

12/1

Good second of 7 in novice (15/8) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 16 days ago. Fit and in reasonable form but lacks the scope to improve of a few of these.

Form: 8-24242

(3)

Bulletin¹³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman| OR: 72

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 10 in maiden (9/5) at Wolverhampton (8.6f). Off 137 days (gelded). Makes handicap debut and he needs to raise his game.

Form: 423-

(11)

Ventura Dream^p1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: A Watson| OR: 70| CD

50/1

Lightly-raced winner. C&D winner. 10/1, 5 lengths seventh of 8 to Tuco Salamanca in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 19 days ago. Cheekpieces on first time bit no easy task reversing the form with that rival, even on these terms.

Form: 569-17

(13)

Genbu¹³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Cieren Fallon| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 69

40/1

Tenth of 12 in maiden at Kempton (7f, 10/1). Off 133 days. Makes handicap debut. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 220-

(5)

Eighteen Fourteen¹⁸⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Cam Hardie| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 67

66/1

Redcar winner in June. Last of 7 in nursery (18/1) at Newcastle (7.1f). Off 180 days and gelded.

Form: 30197-

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Minelone^t,v²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 67

22/1

Very good third of 8 in handicap at this C&D (6/1) 29 days ago, rapid headway but unable to sustain his effort. Has to be taken seriously from just 1 lb higher.

Form: 438-343

Forecasts

Tuco Salamanca (4/5), West Tyrone (5/1), Best Adventure (13/2), Cristo (17/2), Political Power (12/1), Bulletin (16/1), Minelone (22/1), Everyoneknowsadave (25/1), Sir David (28/1), Genbu (40/1), Ventura Dream (50/1), Canvas (66/1), Eighteen Fourteen (66/1)

TUCO SALAMANCA hasn't looked back since undergoing wind surgery, nicely on top at the line when completing the hat-trick at Newcastle on Saturday. He's taken to overcome a 6 lb penalty at the chief expense of Minelone and Best Adventure.