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Keeper^b1⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jason Watson| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 60| BF

4/11

Promising sort. 5/6, excellent second of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW) 8 days ago. Now tried in blinkers and ought to go one better here off the same mark.

Form: 0-692

(1)

Tanglewood Tales²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding| OR: 59

10/3

7/2, creditable third of 6 in handicap at this course (9.9f, good to soft) 22 days ago, needing stiffer test. Good chance of picking up minor place money.

Form: 573-753

(5)

Patroon¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: George Bass⁽⁵⁾| T: D J Coakley| OR: 59

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good, 13/2) 15 days ago, needing lesser test. Another with a realistic chance of finishing in the money.

Form: 90-55

(3)

Swivelstick^v⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Marie Perrault⁽⁷⁾| T: A M Balding| OR: 45

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Visored for 1st time, last of 12 in handicap at this course (8f, good, 12/1) 49 days ago. Significantly up in trip and Tanglewood Tales appears to be the stable No 1.

Form: 800-0

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Hooves Like Jagger¹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: A W Carroll J: Mollie Phillips

Forecasts

Keeper (4/11), Tanglewood Tales (10/3), Patroon (17/2), Hooves Like Jagger (12/1), Swivelstick (33/1)

It will be disappointing should the well-bred KEEPER fail to deliver. He pulled clear of the rest when beaten less than a length by the progressive Sir Mark Prescott-trained Yagan on handicap debut at Lingfield and, with further improvement likely, he is potentially well ahead of his current mark. Patroon and Tanglewood Tales can fill the places.