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(3)

Mixboy¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: J Fanning| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 91| D

5/1

Has shown ability over fences, hurdles and on the Flat and he was impressive when making all at Catterick when last seen in this sphere. Performed with credit on only previous course start and expected to go well here.

Form: 6/29801-

(2)

Great Hall¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-10| J: D C Costello| T: M Quinn| OR: 89| D

16/1

Useful performer on his day but yet to as much as place in eight AW starts and he was well beaten when last seen on the Flat at Kempton. Opposable on Fibresand debut.

Form: 946366-

(1)

Vivernus²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: A Mullen| T: Adrian Nicholls| OR: 84| CD

15/8

Dirt winner at Meydan in 2017 and has showed a liking for this surface in two starts here, justifying strong market support last time out. Hefty rise in the weights to deal with but clearly well suited to Fibresand and should remain competitive.

Form: 101631-

(4)

Azari^b³^{(ex 6)}

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Rossa Ryan| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 73| CD

5/4

Has improved markedly for the switch to Fibresand and arrives bidding for a C&D hat-trick. Only has a 6lb penalty to carry for a 7L success last time out and could be hard to beat.

Form: 40091-1

(5)

Ezanak^b¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: L Morris| T: M Appleby| OR: 75

12/1

Finished a long way behind Vivernus when last seen at this course and subsequently well beaten at Lingfield. Oposable in a race this competitive.

Form: 550/845-

Forecasts

Azari (5/4), Vivernus (15/8), Mixboy (5/1), Ezanak (12/1), Great Hall (16/1)

AZARI couldn't have been much more impressive last time out and will be hard to beat with just a 6lb penalty for that success. Vivernus has gone up plenty in the weights but there could be more to come while Mixboy ran well on his only course start to date and could prove best of the rest.