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Off time: 19:43 | Winning time: 3m 40.89s

(2)

Clearance¹²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 81| D

10/1

Winner of back-to-back 2m handicaps at Musselburgh and Ripon last summer. Well held over hurdles when last seen in January, but resumes in this sphere on a workable mark and couldn't rule out.

Form: 211027-

(1)

Sexy Beast¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: P Mulrennan| T: P A Kirby| OR: 79

2/1

Missed whole of 2019, but performed with credit in all but one of his half-a-dozen starts last year. Recent Newcastle reappearance over 12.4f was encouraging and this step back up in trip will help.

Form: 42023-3

(3)

Ship Of The Fen^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: B A Curtis| T: Ian Williams| OR: 77| C

85/40

Has slipped to a potentially handy mark, but with good reason (hasn't won a race for the best part of 2 years) and efforts on AW since returning from a year off in March were not overly inspiring.

Form: 43/66-83

(5)

The Rutland Rebel²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Garritty⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 73| BF| D

2/1

Dual winner at Wolverhampton during the winter and maintained improvement back on turf when runner-up at Pontefract (2¼m) last month. Up 3 lb for that, but should give another good account.

Form: 64-1142

Non-Runners

(4)

Mr Chua⁵⁴

Weight: 9-8| Age: 5

T: M Scudamore J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Sexy Beast (2/1), The Rutland Rebel (2/1), Ship Of The Fen (85/40), Mr Chua (5/2), Clearance (10/1)

SEXY BEAST should strip fitter following his reappearance spin on the all-weather and ithe step back up in trip is in his favour, so he's first choice ahead of The Rutland Rebel.