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Off time: 12:41 | Winning time: 3m 59.42s

Matchless¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| C

6/1

Form: 1

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Rare Edition⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: G Sheehan| T: C E Longsdon

10/11

Runner-up on second of 2 starts in Irish points and has looked a useful prospect when winning a Southwell bumper and Worcester novice hurdle since coming to Britain. Probably the one to beat again.

Form: 421-1

Cillians Charm^h¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Jonathan Moore| T: A McCann

11/4

Runner-up on the first of 3 bumpers. Also second in maidens at Clonmel and Naas switched to hurdles in recent weeks. Ought to be on the premises again.

Form: 220-423

Lunar Jet²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 110

22/1

Runner-up in C&D novice events in 2018/19 season. Pulled up in C&D handicap in late 2020 on his sole hurdle start since. Fit from the Flat but hasn't been performing well enough in that sphere to think he'll make a successful return to timber.

Form: U5522P/

Prairie Wolf²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Thomas Willmott⁽³⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| CD

17/2

Fairly useful dual bumper winner. Shaped encouragingly when third on 2m Uttoxeter hurdle debut last month. Disappointed over 2½m at Wetherby since but it's still early days for him in this sphere.

Form: 1319-38

Forecasts

Rare Edition (10/11), Cillians Charm (11/4), Matchless (6/1), Prairie Wolf (17/2), Lunar Jet (22/1)

RARE EDITION looks promising and can extend his unbeaten record under Rules to 3. Recent Newcastle winner Matchless is preferred to Irish-raider Cillians Charm for the forecast spot.