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Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 5m 42.44s

Everglow⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White| BF

5/6

Showed plenty when placed in a pair of bumpers last term. Well held in Grade 2 Persian War on hurdles bow but more like it when second in a Chepstow maiden (19.5f) since. Better still to come.

Form: 23-52

Fearless Fracas^t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: T Scudamore| T: T R George

8/1

£175,000 4-y-o who was down the field on bumper debut but he showed fair form when second in a Newcastle maiden hurdle (2m) subsequently. Type to improve for that experience.

Form: PF1/92

In The Detail²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Rex Dingle⁽³⁾| T: P R Webber

16/1

Placed on second of 2 starts in Irish points and promise at the second time of asking over hurdles when 14 lengths fourth over 25f at Huntingdon. Open to further progress. Eng 12.25 Hereford Thursday.

Form: P/3-04

Nickelsonthedime²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr Joshua Newman⁽⁷⁾| T: K Woollacott| OR: 122| BF

15/8

Showed ability both starts in bumpers for Keith Dalgleish (second twice in points thereafter) and solid start over hurdles, hitting frame all 3 starts to date for this yard. Contender once more.

Form: 112-233

Non-Runners

Ernesto²²

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: Ian Williams J: R T Dunne

Forecasts

Everglow (5/6), Nickelsonthedime (15/8), Fearless Fracas (8/1), Ernesto (8/1), In The Detail (16/1)

A fairly useful sort in bumpers, EVERGLOW showed the benefit of his debut in the Grade 2 Persian War when runner-up in a Chepstow maiden (19.5f) in October, finding only a subsequent Grade 2 winner too good. Open to further improvement, he can get off the mark. Nickelsonthedime has yet to finish out of the frame and rates the chief threat, ahead of Fearless Fracas.