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Off time: 17:10 | Winning time: 1m 52.41s

(5)

Los Camachos⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Katherine Begley⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 79

9/2

Finished fourth (beaten just over 1½L) in this grade over 7f here in December; failed to get home in a Class 4 handicap at Chelmsford (7f) last week and that same vulnerability could be exposed over this extended mile.

Form: 29204-7

(6)

Dark Alliance¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: Megan Nicholls⁽⁵⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 72| CD

15/8

His Wolverhampton form figures (over 7f) since Boxing Day read 2,2,1; well on top of Zapper Class (Misty Birnam sixth) when scoring for today's rider Megan Nicholls in a classified claimer latest; stays this trip.

Form: 9692-21

(3)

Mister Music²⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 9-4| J: Poppy Bridgwater⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 85| CD

7/4

Back from a short break when beating Skydiving by ½L in a C&D selling stakes in early January; probably flattered by an official AW rating of 85, albeit this isn't necessarily the strongest of races; couldn't be dismissed.

Form: 02480-1

(1)

Steel Train^h1⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 85

6/1

Didn't run too badly in a 7f Class 4 handicap at Chelmsford last week when finishing sixth to Glenn Coco (Los Camachos seventh); far better than this grade in the fairly recent past; worth chancing in the newly-applied hood.

Form: 7/087-56

(2)

The Groove¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Gina Mangan⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 66

20/1

Still a maiden on the AW (0-6) and reportedly bled from the nose when finishing last of six (3/1) in a C&D classified selling stakes 18-days ago; risky proposition at present.

Form: 22425-6

Non-Runners

(7)

Misty Birnam¹⁵

Weight: 9-4| Age: 6

T: Ian Williams J: S Donohoe

(4)

Pecheurs De Perles⁸

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: P W D'Arcy J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Mister Music (7/4), Dark Alliance (15/8), Los Camachos (9/2), Steel Train (6/1), Misty Birnam (10/1), The Groove (20/1), Pecheurs De Perles (25/1)

A race which makes no appeal whatsoever for punting purposes with plenty of imponderables. On official ratings Dark Alliance has work to do with a few of these rivals but at least we know that he stays this trip, arrives in excellent form and has a talented 5lb claimer in the saddle. Los Camachos (vulnerable at 1m) and the veteran Mister Music can't be definitively dismissed, although it's probably worth chancing the newly-hooded STEEL TRAIN. His trainer David O' Meara saddles plenty of winners in such races and this 8yo ran a respectable race in a Class 4 handicap at Chelmsford last week.