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Scottish Dancer^v⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: J Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 62

6/4

14/1 and visored for 1st time, fifth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f) 5 days ago. This significant step up in trip could be a good move and he's worth a second look now eased into a 0-60 handicap.

Form: 606585

(1)

The Churchill Lad^h⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: B A Curtis| T: R Menzies| OR: 62

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1 and hooded for 1st time, seventh of 8 in handicap at this course (12.4f) 57 days ago, missing break. Shaped fairly well at Haydock on penultimate start and possibilities if coping with this step up in trip.

Form: 6-6647

(2)

Silver Vision⁶⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: P Hanagan| T: Mrs J Stephen| OR: 53

50/1

Seventh of 8 in handicap (80/1) at Hamilton (8.3f, good) 65 days ago. Significantly up in trip and it's probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 767697

(5)

Limited Ability^p⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: R Kingscote| T: M Botti| OR: 52

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good third of 9 in handicap at Kempton (12f) 9 days ago. Improvement needed now faced with a stiffer test.

Form: 70983

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Got Carter^p¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: L Morris| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 46

11/2

4/1, bit below form fourth of 11 in minor event at Lingfield (13f, AW) 10 days ago. Up in trip here with cheekpieces refitted, he's one of the more appealing candidates.

Form: 554984

(3)

Merlin's Gold^p1⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁵⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 45

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 8 in handicap at Ripon (12f, good to firm, 33/1) 6 days ago, missing break. Significantly up in trip for this tapeta debut and sports first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 806-8

Forecasts

Scottish Dancer (6/4), The Churchill Lad (11/4), Limited Ability (10/3), Got Carter (11/2), Merlin's Gold (40/1), Silver Vision (50/1)

All of these are maidens who have yet to trouble the judge and are unproven at this trip. SCOTTISH DANCER has at least shown glimmers of ability and his pedigree suggests that this stamina test could be what he needs. Jedd O'Keeffe's representative gets the nod ahead of The Churchill Lad, who is greatly respected on the strength of his Haydock effort in June, while Got Carter also merits serious consideration.