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Friday 8 October 2021

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Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 58.46s

(6)

Nibras Again¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Robinson| T: P T Midgley| OR: 70| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. Merely underlined his inconsistency when eighth of 12 in handicap at Ripon (5f, good to firm, 4/1) 13 days ago. Must bounce back but can.

Form: 044728

(13)

Spanish Angel^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 70| D

8/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in July. Twelfth of 16 in handicap at Redcar (5f, good to firm, 14/1) 16 days ago. Yet to run a bad race on the all-weather so not taken lightly.

Form: 019930

(5)

Roydmoor¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey| OR: 70| D

16/1

Winner at Ayr in August. Ran at least as well in defeat when third of 12 in handicap (10/1) at Ripon (5f, good to firm) 13 days ago, every chance inside final 1f. Can give another good account.

Form: 0-24313

(7)

Street Life^p⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Morgan Cole⁽⁷⁾| T: P Morris| OR: 69| BF| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 3 wins from 7 runs this year. Latest win at Wolverhampton in September. 5/2, ran creditably faced with a 9 lb higher mark when second of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 4 days ago.

Form: 651112

(14)

Canford Bay^t⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: A Brittain| OR: 69| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Wolverhampton in August. 9/1, ran poorly having pulled his way to the front from a wide draw when eighth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 6 days ago.

Form: 435148

(10)

Glorious Rio^b¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 69| CD

9/2

C&D winner. 4 wins from 14 runs this year. 6/1, not entirely disgraced when seventh of 16 in handicap at Redcar (5f, good to firm) 16 days ago. May be in the handicapper's grip at the moment.

Form: 311127

(9)

Never Say Never¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Barry McHugh| T: G R Oldroyd| OR: 68

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ran well after 11 weeks off when third of 16 in handicap at Redcar (5f, good to firm, 28/1) 16 days ago. Will need to take another step forward to feature.

Form: 82203

(4)

Colombe^t1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: H Crouch| T: G Boughey| OR: 68| BF| D

10/1

Winner at Windsor in May. 2/1, first run since leaving Henry Candy when third of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 15 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Can build on that here.

Form: 45-1533

(2)

Navajo Spring^b¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D Nolan| T: M Dods| OR: 68| D

28/1

16/1, respectable tenth of 16 in handicap at Redcar (5f, good to firm) 16 days ago. Blinkers back on. Continues to fall in the weights without showing much sign of taking advantage.

Form: 555050

(3)

Tanasoq⁵²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: Amie Waugh⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 65| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Again ran below form when sixth of 10 in handicap (14/1) at Carlisle (5.8f, good to firm) 52 days ago, carrying head high. More needed.

Form: 268346

(1)

Somewhere Secret^v¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Faye McManoman⁽³⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 65| D

80/1

Unreliable sort. Latest win at Carlisle in May. 12/1, showed nothing on first outing since leaving Michael Mullineaux after 11 weeks off when last of 10 in handicap at this C&D 11 days ago.

Form: 167280

(11)

Another Angel⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 65| CD

9/1

7-time C&D winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2020. Good second of 9 in handicap (5/2) at this C&D 7 days ago, edged out only late on. Threatening to come good soon so merits consideration.

Form: 777222

(8)

Van Gerwen⁶^{(ex 4)}

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Megan Nicholls| T: P T Midgley| OR: 59| D

11/1

11/1, confirmed himself back in top form when taking 14-runner handicap at Redcar (5f, good to firm) 6 days ago. Thriving and potentially well treated from this lower all-weather mark.

Form: 124721

(12)

Roman Encounter¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 61| D

22/1

18/1, always behind when last of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 15 days ago, never going after a poor start.

Form: 344049

Forecasts

Street Life (7/2), Glorious Rio (9/2), Canford Bay (8/1), Spanish Angel (8/1), Another Angel (9/1), Colombe (10/1), Van Gerwen (11/1), Roydmoor (16/1), Never Say Never (16/1), Nibras Again (18/1), Roman Encounter (22/1), Navajo Spring (28/1), Tanasoq (40/1), Somewhere Secret (80/1)

Plenty in with a shout but VAN GERWEN confirmed himself back in top form when scoring at Redcar last week and he's taken to notch his fourth win of the year from this lower AW mark. Spanish Angel is yet to run a bad race on an artificial surface so he can chase the selection home, ahead of the consistent Another Angel and Colombe.