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Off time: 15:06 | Winning time: 5m 33.9s

Sister Michael^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: C Brace| T: F O'Brien| OR: 110| CD

9/2

Opened his account over C&D in May and got back on the up when second in 11-runner handicap at Wetherby (21.2f) 25 days ago, clear of rest despite jumping none too fluently. Respected up 4 lb.

Form: 602-142

Blenkinsop¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Hugh Nugent⁽³⁾| T: H D Daly| OR: 108

7/4

Confirmed previous promise upped in trip when making a successful handicap debut at Ludlow (21.2f, good to soft) 19 days ago, doing well having been poorly placed/bad mistake last. Open to further improvement and could be the type to rack up a sequence.

Form: 8853-41

Supreme Yeats^p¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Patrick Cowley⁽³⁾| T: L Morgan| OR: 107| CD

3/1

Has returned from 13 months off in good form, justifying support with a bit more to spare than the result suggests over C&D 11 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Should run well again.

Form: 42/3P-21

Ewood Park⁶⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Adrian Heskin| T: O Murphy| OR: 107

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden who was in the process of showing fairly useful form when unseating his rider last on Wetherby hurdling debut back in October 2020. Failed to match that form in 2 subsequent starts that season and not seen since. Market best guide making a belated return/handicap debut.

Form: 4U63/

Our Bill's Aunt²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales| OR: 107

10/3

Runner-up 3 times in maiden hurdles last season and made a successful handicap debut after 7 months off in ready fashion at Chepstow (19.4f) 20 days ago, kept up to work. 5 lb rise fair and should go well again.

Form: 72242-1

Non-Runners

Trevada²⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: O Sherwood J: J J Burke

Where's Hector²³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: M & D Easterby J: Jamie Hamilton

Forecasts

Blenkinsop (7/4), Supreme Yeats (3/1), Our Bill's Aunt (10/3), Sister Michael (9/2), Where's Hector (15/2), Ewood Park (14/1), Trevada (14/1)

BLENKINSOP was value for substantially more than the winning margin implies at Ludlow and promises to follow up with further improvement on the cards. Recent C&D winner Supreme Yeats and Our Bill's Aunt head the opposition.