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Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 6m 36.85s

Planet Nine²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Craig Nichol| T: R Dobbin| OR: 134| D

3/1

Won twice over hurdles in 2017/18. Very lightly raced since but proved better than ever after 11 months off when third in 10-runner handicap at Ayr (24.3f) 29 days ago. Solid claims with a repeat.

Form: 145/23-3

Mount Mews²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 131

11/5

Useful winning hurdler/chaser. Seemingly not quite the force of old but he made a sound return for the second season in a row when second here (20f) 28 days ago. His task is to now build on that.

Form: R0/265-2

No Hiding Place^p¹¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Charlotte Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 125| D

22/1

Seemingly not the easiest to train nowadays and was well held after 7 months off at Perth in August. Enough to prove.

Form: 1463/D-8

Rock On Fruity²²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-2| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam| OR: 124| D

3/1

Fairly useful staying chaser who took advantage of a lower mark back in this sphere at Kelso (25.8f) 22 days ago. Nudged up 5 lb but should run well again.

Form: PP1-751

Hastrubal³⁰¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-6| J: Ryan Mania| T: A M Thomson| OR: 114| BF

11/2

Improved plenty on only third run over fences when wide-margin winner of 26f Sedgefield handicap in January. Fell at Musselburgh final start and now back over hurdles for this return to action.

Form: 424U1F-

Presence Felt^t1²²

Age: 12| Weight: 10-0| J: Mr John Dixon⁽⁷⁾| T: J E Dixon| OR: 108| D

12/1

Winless since 2018 and well held both starts this season. Tongue tie goes on.

Form: 2682-00

Forecasts

Mount Mews (11/5), Planet Nine (3/1), Rock On Fruity (3/1), Hastrubal (11/2), Presence Felt (12/1), No Hiding Place (22/1)

PLANET NINE looked better than ever on his Ayr reappearance, so providing this doesn't come too soon given his lightly-raced profile in recent seasons, his claims appear to be strong. Recent Kelso-scorer Rock On Fruity is feared most ahead of Mount Mews.