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Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 1m 12.02s

(1)

Lampang^t²¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P Hanagan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 97| D

3/1

Smart handicapper on his day as he proved when defying top weight at Hamilton (6f) last June. Largely below par since, however. Been off for 7 months.

Form: 200800-

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(2)

Black Friday¹⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: P Mathers| T: R M Smith| OR: 89| CD

4/1

Three-time C&D winner who added to his tally at Pontefract last autumn. Ran well on last year's reappearance. Likely to have a say.

Form: 704410-

(3)

Call Me Ginger⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Robinson| T: J S Goldie| OR: 86| CD

9/4

In cracking form early last autumn, completing a hat-trick when seeing off 21 rivals to take Bronze Cup over C&D at the Western meeting. Should be sharper for a recent reappearance run at Musselburgh.

Form: 12675-6

(5)

Be Proud⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Amie Waugh⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 84| C

4/1

Course winner. Got his head back in front at Newcastle in February but hasn't come close to reproducing that in his 2 runs since.

Form: 8-64169

(4)

Ballyare^p,t⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: A Mullen| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 80| BF| D

11/2

Pair of AW handicap wins towards the end of 2021. Kicked off 2022 with a pair of runner-up efforts but he wasn't in quite the same form when only sixth at Newcastle last time.

Form: 317-226

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(6)

Soldier's Minute¹⁰

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: K Dalgleish J: Callum Rodriguez

Forecasts

Soldier's Minute (2/1), Call Me Ginger (9/4), Lampang (3/1), Black Friday (4/1), Be Proud (4/1), Ballyare (11/2)

A poor run on Good Friday needs forgiving but this looks just the sort of race SOLDIER'S MINUTE could bounce back in. Black Friday knows where the winning post is over C&D and ran well on last year's reappearance so he's feared most ahead of Bronze Cup winner Call Me Ginger.