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Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 3m 54.90s

Normal Norman³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 120| D

9/2

Fairly useful hurdler for John Ryan in 2018/19. Shaped as if needing yard bow at Market Rasen but not an obvious chasing type on debut in this sphere.

Form: 713P/P-6

Youracert³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 115

9/2

Fair 2m hurdle winner last season but he failed to build on promising chasing debut at Southwell when only fourth back there last time. Still low mileage so not written off yet.

Form: 8138-44

Honourary Gift^h⁵⁰⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachel McDonald⁽⁵⁾| T: J Ewart| OR: 112| CWS

17/2

Sedgefield bumper winner who landed a novice hurdle there last March. Not in quite the same form when fourth at Hexham the following month but is unexposed now handicapping on chase bow/return.

Form: 18914/

Peterborough³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 112| D

7/4

Returned with a bang as he made all in 17f Stratford handicap chase and even better form when following up in similar event at Newton Abbot last month. Type do to better still.

Form: 50F5-11

Lord Condi^v³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: James Best| T: M Keighley| OR: 111| BF| D

11/1

Ended 2019 seriously out of form. Fitting of a visor and a break did the trick when springing a surprise on second chase start at Southwell but not quite in same form there 2 weeks later.

Form: PPPP-15

Some Boy Mccoy²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Adrian Heskin| T: O Murphy| OR: 110

8/1

Encouraging fourth at Fakenham on hurdles bow but hasn't progressed, albeit not disgraced both starts this summer. Chase debut.

Form: 8/F64-37

Shady Oaks^b1,t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: C J Todd⁽⁵⁾| T: C T Pogson| OR: 108

12/1

Still looking for first success and was possibly amiss when pulled up at Southwell last month. Blinkers on first time/tongue strap back on.

Form: 43/PP-3P

Forecasts

Peterborough (7/4), Normal Norman (9/2), Youracert (9/2), Some Boy Mccoy (8/1), Honourary Gift (17/2), Lord Condi (11/1), Shady Oaks (12/1)

PETERBOROUGH has won both his starts this season in decisive fashion from the front and looks up to completing the hat-trick. Lord Condi might have found his latest run at Southwell coming too soon after springing a surprise there in this headgear the time before so is feared most back from a short break.