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Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 6m 46.16s

The Domino Effect⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon| OR: 117

11/2

3m Chepstow maiden hurdle winner for Emma Lavelle last season. Had wind surgery prior to a well-held eighth in 21f Ascot handicap hurdle on return for new yard. Makes chase debut.

Form: 32618-8

Abaya Du Mathan^b,t¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Philip Armson⁽⁷⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 115

18/1

Fairly useful chaser in France. Completed for the first time for this yard when fourth over 2½m at Wincanton 11 days ago. Steps back up in trip now.

Form: 312PF4

Dame du Soir^p⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: T Scudamore| T: D G Bridgwater| OR: 113

10/1

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser who ran respectably in first-time cheekpieces when fourth over hurdles at Chepstow this month but ran poorly without them in chase at Taunton since. Headgear back on.

Form: 37-3645

Rose Of Aghaboe⁴¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: N J Gifford| OR: 113| C

7/2

Four-time winner around 3m last term. Back-to-form second over C&D last month and claims if showing up in similar form.

Form: 367-542

Putdecashonthedash^b1,t³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Kieran Burke| OR: 112

15/2

Dual chase winner but operating below his best in 2 runs this winter. Needs first-time blinkers (replacing cheekpieces) to help spark him back to life.

Form: PP13-P5

Representing Bob³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 107

11/10

Made it 3-3 over fences when seeing off 10 rivals at Catterick over Christmas, proving well suited by the step up to 3m+. Form boosted since and even a 9 lb rise may not stop him.

Form: 57-1121

Non-Runners

Lavorante¹²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: G & J Moore J: J E Moore

Forecasts

Representing Bob (11/10), Rose Of Aghaboe (7/2), The Domino Effect (11/2), Lavorante (6/1), Putdecashonthedash (15/2), Dame du Soir (10/1), Abaya Du Mathan (18/1)

REPRESENTING BOB is very much unexposed over this sort of trip and is taken to defy the handicapper again and stretch his unbeaten chase record to 4. Rose of Aghaboe returned to form when second over C&D 6 weeks ago and may pose the main threat ahead of Gary Moore chase newcomer Lavorante.