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Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 5m 35.7s

Ardera Cross^p,t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: William Marshall⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D Skelton| OR: 117

5/1

Three-time Tramore winner who has made the frame on all three starts for Dan Skelton since making the switch across the Irish Sea; must definitively prove that he stays this near 3m trip.

Form: F65333

Let's Get At It^p,t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Fergus Gregory⁽⁵⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 114| C

11/10

Always prominent when returning to the winners enclosure (sporting first-time cheekpieces) over an extended 3m1f at Catterick (good) last month; is a previous course winner; 5lb claimer Fergus Gregory negates much of an 8lb rise in the weights.

Form: 659171

Scented Lily¹¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Burke| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 112| BF| CD

9/2

Beat a fairly modest bunch when scoring by 4½L over C&D in October (good) before bumping into a very well treated rival at Carlisle the following month; off since but evidently is at her very best at this track (course form figures read 2,1).

Form: 2-F6315

Robinroyale^b,t²³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Luca Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Farrelly| OR: 110

16/1

Without a win since December 2016 (at odds of 66/1 for Seamus Mullins); more encouraging since switched to this trainer, albeit unseated his rider over fences at Plumpton (3m1f+) last month; watching brief on return to the smaller obstacles.

Form: 8F063U

Cloghouge Boy^t⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: G Boanas| OR: 109

11/1

Point-to-point winner (soft) in 2016 and showed some minor promise in a couple of 2m4f hurdle runs at Hexham in December. However, was well beaten on handicap debut over C&D last week (Discay third); others are preferred.

Form: 4/3557

Paddys Runner^b²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Kielan Woods| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 103

5/1

Now a whopping 19lb below his last winning mark (for Alan King in January 2017); ran his best race for some time when finishing third to the subsequent winner Iwilldoit at Bangor (2m7f) in January; has raced on the Flat since.

Form: 69-5P63

Non-Runners

Discay⁶

Weight: 11-4| Age: 10

T: P A Kirby J: Thomas Dowson

Forecasts

Let's Get At It (11/10), Scented Lily (9/2), Ardera Cross (5/1), Discay (5/1), Paddys Runner (5/1), Cloghouge Boy (11/1), Robinroyale (16/1)

LET'S GET AT IT bounced back from a below-par effort over C&D in January when proving his stamina in first-time cheekpieces at Catterick (3m1f+). Although clearly not a totally rock-solid proposition, he's clearly drawn some considerable benefit from the application of various bits and bobs of headgear (including a tongue-tie) and theoretically his chance is an all too obvious one with the talented 5lb claimer Fergus Gregory removing the majority of his subsequent 8lb rise in the weights. A realistic alternative is the course proven mare Scented Lily with the Dan Skelton-trained top-weight Ardera Cross having stamina questions to answer over this trip.