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Celtic Champion¹⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: David Probert| T: A M Balding| OR: 85| BF| D

5/4

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Salisbury in August. 3/1, creditable fifth of 9 in nursery at Chester (7f, good to soft). Off 106 days. Makes tapeta debut.

Form: 3415-

(1)

Tenjin³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M Botti| OR: 84| D

11/4

Winner at Kempton in October. Good third of 8 in minor event (9/2) at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 36 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 637123-

(3)

Harry Brown¹¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: D M Simcock| OR: 80

9/2

15/8, didn't need to be at best when winning 10-runner maiden at Chelmsford City (5f), pushed out. Off 115 days. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Respected.

Form: 223321-

(2)

Democracy Dilemma^v²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 79

25/1

20/1, last of 8 in nursery at this C&D 24 days ago. Visor back on. Yet to prove himself over this trip.

Form: 160568-

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Glorious Angel²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 76| D

14/1

Creditable fourth of 8 in nursery at this C&D (14/1) 24 days ago. Likely to give her running again but she's pretty exposed.

Form: 025834-

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Colnago²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 74| BF

15/2

9/4 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, ninth of 10 in nursery at this course (5f) 24 days ago. Back up in trip. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 364229-

Forecasts

Celtic Champion (5/4), Tenjin (11/4), Harry Brown (9/2), Colnago (15/2), Glorious Angel (14/1), Democracy Dilemma (25/1)

Having opened his account at Salisbury in August, CELTIC CHAMPION ran well on nursery debut despite being caught wide at Chester. There's a bigger performance in him and he takes marginal preference over Harry Brown, who opened his account in cosy fashion at Chelmsford when last seen. Tenjin is another one to consider.