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Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 1m 48.42s

(2)

Deferred⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian| OR: 76

13/2

Fairly useful form last autumn. Disappointing when last of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (1m) on reappearance 41 days ago but no surprise were he to bounce back with a bang here.

Form: 542-0

(1)

Vetiver^h²¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P J McDonald| T: A M Balding| C

10/11

Built on debut second when cosily winning 8-runner novice at this course (7.4f, good to soft) in September. Definitely more to come from her. Leading claims.

Form: 21-

(4)

Samagon⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Ross Coakley| T: H Palmer

2/1

9/2, fourth of 11 in maiden at Kempton (7f) on debut 63 days ago, left poorly placed. Up in trip. Should progress.

Form: 4

(3)

American Oak¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 16/1, last of 9 in maiden at Wolverhampton (7f) 14 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 8-9

(6)

Mount King¹⁹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: T D Easterby| OR: 79

10/1

Best effort in 3 outings for Joseph O'Brien last year when second of 14 at the Curragh (1m, soft) in September. Unlikely to be far away if reproducing that level of form on yard debut after 6 months off (gelded).

Form: 527-

(5)

Dome Of Stars¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston

40/1

8/1, seventh of 8 in maiden at Newcastle (1m) on debut 19 days ago. Will need to leave that run well behind.

Form: 7

Forecasts

Vetiver (10/11), Samagon (2/1), Deferred (13/2), Mount King (10/1), Dome Of Stars (40/1), American Oak (150/1)

There's surely more to come from VETIVER who is taken to follow up last autumn's course win. Deferred is better than he showed on his reappearance and can bounce back and provide the chief threat ahead of Mount King.