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(6)

Mythical Madness^v³³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 95| D

5/1

Ran well to finish runner-up over this C&D on his penultimate outing. Failed to back that up when beaten 10L into fourth in a small field contest over an extended 1m1f at Wolverhampton subsequently however.

Form: 2656-24

(3)

Nonios^h¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Dylan Hogan⁽⁵⁾| T: D M Simcock| OR: 93| CD

9/4

Winning for the firth time when successful by a head in a C&D handicap at the start of this month. Interesting to see how he fares following a 2lb rise in the weights.

Form: 4425-31

(1)

Book of Dreams³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: D C Costello| T: M Appleby| OR: 91

8/1

Winner of two of his four AW starts including over 1m at Chelmsford last July. Held in two starts since joining this yard and stamina to prove on just his second attempt at this distance.

Form: 7001-55

(4)

Mr Top Hat¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: E J Walsh| T: P D Evans| OR: 89

6/1

Decent 1L second over an extended 1m1f at Wolverahmpton in December but disappointing since including in a first time visor (absent here) over 7f at Wolverhampton recently. Interesting to see how he fares over this trip.

Form: 2242-43

(5)

Isomer¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Joshua Bryan⁽³⁾| T: A M Balding| OR: 88

5/2

Best effort in three starts since returning from a break came when a head second to Nonios in a C&D handicap just over a fortnight ago. Races off a 1lb higher mark here and making just his third appearance over this distance.

Form: 024-472

(2)

Shyron¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: Liam Jones| T: L Carter| OR: 78| C

8/1

Made a winning debut for this yard when successful over 1m here last month. Fair fifth off this 4lb higher mark at Kempton (1m) subsequently and has to prove his stamina upped in distance.

Form: 8060-15

Forecasts

Nonios (9/4), Isomer (5/2), Mythical Madness (5/1), Mr Top Hat (6/1), Book of Dreams (8/1), Shyron (8/1)

With stamina concerns surrounding a few of these it can fall to NONIOS and Isomer to fight out the finish as was the case when the pair met here earlier this month. The former is taken to confirm that form with his rival while third place can go to Mythical Madness who has run well over this C&D in the past.