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(6)

Blue For You^v¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 96| D

11/4

Useful ex-Irish 1m winner who ran at least as good as ever in a refitted visor when runner-up to upwardly-mobile Eilean Dubh over C&D 2 weeks ago. Hit with a 3 lb rise for that but expected to feature again.

Form: 104-732

(4)

Ghaly²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: K Stott| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 93| BF| D

5/2

Very low-mileage 6-y-o who encouragingly ran his best race to date on back of almost 2 years off (strong in betting) when runner-up at Hamilton (8.3f) 24 days ago. Claims with a repeat for all his fragility to this point is an underlying concern.

Form: 21412/2

(3)

La Trinidad¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 90| CD

7/4

Improved last term, winning back-to-back course handicaps in June/July. Has generally held his form since and seemingly found stamina stretched when midfield in John Smith's Cup 2 weeks ago having challenged briefly. This more suitable.

Form: 64-8040

(2)

Hartswood²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 84| CD

6/1

Very useful on his day (successful from 10 lb higher on AW 12 months ago) prior to finishing solid sixth in John Smith's Cup here. Has yet to scale same heights so far this term but minor encouragement to glean from his latest Newcastle run in June. Needs to build on that now.

Form: 00-5905

Non-Runners

(1)

Red Mirage¹⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: A M Balding J: Non Runner

(5)

Magnificence⁶⁵

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: Brian O'Rourke J: S M Levey

Forecasts

La Trinidad (7/4), Ghaly (5/2), Blue For You (11/4), Red Mirage (7/2), Hartswood (6/1), Magnificence (14/1)

A dual scorer at this venue last summer, LA TRINIDAD has highlighted he's back in good heart of late, looking a threat briefly before the trip seemed to stretch him in the John Smith's Cup 2 weeks ago. Eased 2 lb subsequently, he could be the answer. Blue For You, who ran his best race yet for David O'Meara when runner-up over C&D recently, and Ghaly are others to consider.