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Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 2m 33.8s

(3)

Pride Of England⁷⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| OR: 77| C

3/1

Promising sort. Won 5-runner minor event (11/2) at this course (10f, AW) 76 days ago. Open to improvement now venturing down the handicap route and he needs considering.

Form: 3-41

(4)

Arthur's Angel^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: J Ryan| OR: 72| C

4/1

Career best when winning 6-runner handicap at this course (10f, AW, 12/1) 15 days ago, keeping on well. 4 lb rise fair enough and shouldn't be far away.

Form: 6-43361

(6)

Rain Gauge³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: W Buick| T: J Tate| OR: 72

6/1

Lightly-raced winner. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap (12/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 31 days ago. Up in trip and likely to give a good account with William Buick in the hot-seat.

Form: 33471

(2)

Eagles Dare³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Charles Bishop| T: D J Coakley| OR: 66| BF

8/1

11/4, eighth of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, good to firm) 38 days ago. Could be more of a force back on polytrack, but improvement is needed.

Form: 54451-8

(1)

The Tide Turns⁷^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 60| D

13/8

Promising individual. Evens, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 7 days ago, well on top finish. Should prove hard to beat under a penalty with further progress likely.

Form: 6064-1

Non-Runners

(5)

Fascinating Shadow¹²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: R Hannon J: Rossa Ryan

Forecasts

The Tide Turns (13/8), Pride Of England (3/1), Arthur's Angel (4/1), Rain Gauge (6/1), Eagles Dare (8/1), Fascinating Shadow (12/1)

This is tougher than the Wolverhampton race in which THE TIDE TURNS made a winning handicap debut on his reappearance last week. However, he did the job in decisive fashion and will take plenty of stopping under a penalty, given that further improvement is pretty much assured. Handicap-debutant Pride of England turned over a Godolphin hotpot here last time and is second choice ahead of Rain Gauge.