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Alaskan Boy¹²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 110

33/1

Fair form over hurdles in France, but he hasn't shown much in 2 starts over fences for new connections.

Form: 459/74

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Commit Or Quit^p⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Bryan Carver⁽³⁾| T: C J Mann| OR: 109| BF| D

4/1

Benefited from first-time cheekpieces when digging deep to win 5-runner handicap chase at Wetherby (3m, soft) in November. Good third over the same C&D last time and should be in the mix once again.

Form: 531F23

First Class Return^p,t⁹^{(ex 7)}

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Harry Skelton| T: O Murphy| OR: 101| CD

10/11

Belatedly opened his account in fine style over this C&D (good to soft) last week. Sizeable step ahead of the handicapper under a penalty and should prove hard to beat.

Form: 009221

His Dream^p³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 105| D

11/2

Unreliable over hurdles but made a winning chase debut at Perth, jumping fluently. Trip too sharp at Warwick (2½m, soft) last time and can make his presence felt back up in distance here.

Form: P12473

Dee Star^p,t1⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Alex Edwards⁽³⁾| T: G Hanmer| OR: 96| D

4/1

Maiden hunter chase winner at Cartmel in 2019 and twice runner-up in handicap chases there last summer. Creditable fourth at Carlisle latest and now tried in a tongue strap and cheekpieces refitted.

Form: P-22064

Come On Charlie^t1¹²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: James Davies| T: B Leavy| OR: 91

66/1

Dual hurdle winner for Philip Hobbs and also runner-up in Kempton handicap chase in May 2019. However, pulled up both starts for this yard, 16 months apart. Tongue strap enlisted.

Form: 33P/2P-P

Miss Antipova⁴²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-3| J: James Best| T: M Keighley| OR: 87

50/1

Signs of ability over hurdles last season, but efforts switched to fences this time round have lacked spark.

Form: 0/636-8P

Forecasts

First Class Return (10/11), Commit Or Quit (4/1), Dee Star (4/1), His Dream (11/2), Alaskan Boy (33/1), Miss Antipova (50/1), Come On Charlie (66/1)

Though his breakthrough success was a long time coming, FIRST CLASS RETURN did the job in good style over C&D last week and it's hard to envisage him being turned over under a penalty. His Dream will appreciate this step back up in trip and better ground, and he is marginally preferred to Commit Or Quit for forecast purposes.