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Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 3m 59.04s

Kannapolis^p²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 12-1| J: Tom Cannon| T: T Lawes| OR: 121

10/1

Winner of a 3-runner handicap at Huntingdon in March but has failed by a long way to reproduce that level of form in 3 subsequent starts, including when equipped with first-time cheekpieces (retained) at Lingfield last time.

Form: 2510-4P

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Sacre Pierre²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 120| D

10/1

Back-to-back juvenile hurdle winner in 2021 and produced his best effort yet when landing a Leicester handicap (15.5f, good to soft) on return last month. Nudged up just 2 lb and he needs considering, for all that this is a tougher assignment.

Form: 5F516-1

Glory And Honour¹¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny McMenamin| T: D O'Meara| OR: 118

11/2

Gained sole hurdles success in a Huntingdon maiden for Tom Lacey back in November 2020. Largely below par last season but has won twice on the Flat since joining present yard and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 2F5F64-

Stonific^p,t³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: K Brogan| T: G Hanmer| OR: 117| CD

5/1

Latest hurdles success was for David O'Meara at Market Rasen off 5 lb higher in July 2021. Encouraging effort for new yard following a year off at that course in September but needs to bounce back following a heavy defeat at Bangor next time.

Form: 31/13-56

Gregor²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Bridget Andrews| T: D Skelton| OR: 115

16/1

Fairly promising as a novice in 2021 but showed nothing on handicap debut at Warwick, which was pretty disappointing even allowing for the fact that he was returning from a 16-month absence.

Form: 23/212-P

Can't Stop Now^h⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine| OR: 113

11/1

Came good at third time of asking over hurdles for Chris Gordon at Fakenham in November 2020. Went backwards thereafter but refound his form on Flat for new yard and he was a respectable third back in this sphere at Ayr (2m, soft) last time.

Form: P1F0/6-3

Copper Beach²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Thomas Willmott⁽³⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 105

13/8

Appeared to take a step forward when runner-up in a decent Hexham novice (16.2f, heavy) last month. Mark for this handicap debut looks fair and he's high on the shortlist.

Form: 874-62

Zamond^p³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 100| D

7/1

Winner of 17f handicap hurdle at Cartmel in July and put in a good shift when third at Stratford on penultimate start. However, that effort is bookmarked by a couple of poor performances and yard saddles a stronger candidate in Sacre Pierre.

Form: 212039

Non-Runners

Doctor Dex⁶¹⁵

Weight: 12-0| Age: 9

T: N Kent J: Charlie Hammond

Restitution²³

Weight: 11-10| Age: 4

T: A King J: Tom Cannon

Rory And Me²²

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: Micky Hammond J: Billy Garritty

Forecasts

Copper Beach (13/8), Stonific (5/1), Glory And Honour (11/2), Zamond (7/1), Kannapolis (10/1), Sacre Pierre (10/1), Restitution (10/1), Can't Stop Now (11/1), Doctor Dex (12/1), Gregor (16/1), Rory And Me (16/1)

There could be better to come from COPPER BEACH, who posted his best effort yet by some way when finding just one too strong in a Hexham novice and, on that evidence, his mark for this handicap debut looks very fair indeed. Doctor Dex has to be taken seriously on his first run for Nick Kent, despite returning from a lengthy absence, while Glory And Honour and Sacre Pierre are others to consider.