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Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 6m 45.91s

Progress Drive³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: B S Hughes| T: N G Richards| OR: 136| D

1/1

Goes particularly well at Ayr, which is not dissimilar to this track and relishes heavy ground, as when scoring there by 17L from a fellow course specialist there last time. Open to further improvement over this trip and certainly has claims.

Form: 415-421

Sainte Ladylime²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: S Bowen| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 132| D

5/6

Stays 3m/acts on heavy. Looked useful when scoring over this trip at Uttoxeter in November, but jumping errors proved costly either side of that. Been going well over hurdles since and probably holds sway at these weights if her fencing holds up.

Form: 4-1U222

Forecasts

Sainte Ladylime (5/6), Progress Drive (1/1)

A tough race to call but if PROGRESS DRIVE and Brian Hughes can put some pressure on the jumping of their opponent Saint Ladylime, then perhaps they can come out on top. The selection will certainly relish this testing ground and has more mileage on it that the mare, so despite perhaps being slightly up against it at the weights, he might be the one.