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(6)

Apatite¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: A Kirby| T: M Appleby| OR: 75

11/2

Winner at Newcastle in January. Second of 4 in handicap (9/1) at Southwell (8.1f) 13 days ago. Going the right way for this stable, so warrants plenty of respect with the potential for better still.

Form: 4634-12

(4)

Host¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 74

7/4

15/8, good second of 6 in maiden at Lingfield (8f, AW) 14 days ago. In top form but he's not the easiest to win with.

Form: 2238-22

(1)

Mercurius Power^t¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: William Carver⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Balding| OR: 70

15/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, third of 8 in maiden (50/1) at Kempton (8f) 11 days ago. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 4-03

(2)

Woke Media¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Callum Shepherd| T: D M Simcock| OR: 66

6/1

Winner at Southwell in January. 9/4, second of 4 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 13 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts once again.

Form: 7636-12

(5)

Roman Mist⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Hollie Doyle| T: T Ward| OR: 63

9/4

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, excellent second of 9 in handicap at this C&D 9 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 767-32

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(3)

Livia The Empress²³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: George Scott J: David Probert

Forecasts

Host (7/4), Roman Mist (9/4), Apatite (11/2), Woke Media (6/1), Livia The Empress (6/1), Mercurius Power (15/2)

ROMAN MIST improved for a switch to handicaps when second over C&D 9 days ago and another step forward could be enough for her to get off the mark in a tightly-knit affair. Most of the remainder arrive in form, but Woke Media and Apatite strike as the most serious dangers to the selection.