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Off time: 12:23 | Winning time: 4m 21.47s

Aquitaine Boy³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny McMenamin⁽³⁾| T: J Ewart

10/1

Only hinted at ability in bumpers and went badly the wrong way from hurdling debut when pulled up here last month, losing place 4 out. Looks best watched at present.

Form: 4/6-4P

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Deep Charm⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Coltherd⁽³⁾| T: W Coltherd

10/1

Kayf Tara gelding. Dam (c120/h131) 2½m-25f hurdle/chase winner. Showed plenty to work on when neck third of 5 in a C&D bumper on debut 44 days ago, rallying. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 3

East Harlem⁶⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Ryan Mania| T: R M Smith

66/1

Leading Light gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including ungenuine but fairly useful chaser Auldthunder and unreliable but fair hurdler/chaser Terfel's Toscar. Third second start in points.

Form: P3

Farmer Mike

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: R D Day| T: N G Richards

20/1

€15,000 3-y-o, Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Dam (b72), lightly raced in bumpers, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (2m/17f winner) Adajal. Market can guide on debut.

Form:

Grumpy Mcgrumpface⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Craig Nichol| T: K Dalgleish

66/1

Fair in bumpers but looked badly in need of the experience sent hurdling at Kelso last week. Turned out again quickly.

Form: 424-88

Wetlands¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: B S Hughes| T: N G Richards| OR: 118| BF| D

1/5

Newcastle bumper winner who stepped up on his hurdle debut when second at Carlisle (19.3f) 15 days ago, just not quite having the gears of the winner in a steadily-run race. Will go on improving.

Form: 41-32

Allthatglistens⁸²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Alain Cawley| T: D Bourke| OR: 95| D

16/1

Modest bumper winner but didn't achieve a great deal despite finishing second at Perth in August. Was struck into when well held back there last time.

Form: 20/18-27

Etoile D'ecosse^t⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: N W Alexander

16/1

Well held in a bumper/course maiden hurdle 11 months apart.

Form: 0-3

Hidden Diva

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R P McLernon| T: Caroline Mccaldin

125/1

Califet mare. Half-sister to smart chaser I Just Know and unreliable but fairly useful cross-country chaser Need To Know. Dam (c129/h106) 2½m hurdle/chase winner.

Form:

Nautical Miss³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: N W Alexander

300/1

Well held in a C&D bumper on debut last month.

Form: 9

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Non-Runners

Lucky Fella⁵¹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 3

T: G Elliott J: R Johnson

Forecasts

Wetlands (1/5), Lucky Fella (10/3), Deep Charm (10/1), Aquitaine Boy (10/1), Etoile D'ecosse (16/1), Allthatglistens (16/1), Farmer Mike (20/1), East Harlem (66/1), Grumpy Mcgrumpface (66/1), Hidden Diva (125/1), Nautical Miss (300/1)

This looks a good opportunity for WETLANDS, who just didn't have the gears of the winner in a steadily-run race at Carlisle and appeals as the type go on improving. Lucky Fella has shown promise in a trio of juvenile hurdles in Ireland and looks the obvious one to chase home the selection, ahead of Deep Charm.