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Four-time hurdle winner who ran in some smart company before being switched to fences. Won on his debut in that sphere at Towcester but the attitude he showed there may well have been a warning sign of what was to come and he's squandered two good chances since then. Not really improving with experience as a chaser and looks unlikely to match his smart hurdles form.

Very useful handicap hurdler who has won six of his last eight starts over hurdles including running up a five-timer. Starting to look a little high in the handicap now hence the switch to fences and should prove effective over the larger obstacles.

His form would have been nowhere near this pair over hurdles and although he did win over hurdles in October that win only came off a mark of 114. On the evidence of his two starts over fences so far he looks limited in this sphere and hard to fancy taking on two useful types here.