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Off time: 19:11 | Winning time: 5m 21.3s

Up For Parol⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 128

7/4

Three-time hurdle winner and produced a fine effort when third on return in the Lanzarote (21f, heavy) at Kempton in January. Below that level both subsequent starts but open to improvement on just his second start in this sphere.

Form: 3P7/376-

Vintage Fizz⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: C O'Farrell| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 120| CD

9/2

Progressed over hurdles last spring, winning a pair of handicaps at around 2½m on good to soft (including here). Good second at Doncaster in January is flanked by not-so-good efforts but he would be a threat if taking to fences at the first attempt.

Form: 1/1842P-

Twoshotsoftequila^p1³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R Menzies| OR: 119| BF

3/1

Gained reward for consistency when winning 6-runner handicap chase at Doncaster (3m, good) in March. Conditions may have been too testing here next time but that wasn't the first time that he has underperformed at this course. Cheekpieces applied.

Form: 443214-

Tupelo Mississippi^p,t1⁷⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean Quinlan| T: B Ellison| OR: 114| BF| D

5/2

Dual bumper/maiden hurdle winner who was runner-up for the third time over fences when going down narrowly at Doncaster (20.5f, good) on penultimate start. Below par at Carlisle since but claims if the addition of a tongue strap helps precipitate a return to form here.

Form: P6/2326-

Get 'em In^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Thomas Dowson| T: M A Barnes| OR: 73

50/1

Showed little over hurdles and was safely held at the time of his departure on chase debut at Carlisle. Long way out of the weights here to boot.

Form: 7790/8F-

Non-Runners

Paddy The Horse²⁸

Weight: 10-9| Age: 8

T: G Bewley J: Jonathon Bewley

Forecasts

Up For Parol (7/4), Tupelo Mississippi (5/2), Twoshotsoftequila (3/1), Paddy The Horse (4/1), Vintage Fizz (9/2), Get 'em In (50/1)

This looks trappy and the suggestion is UP FOR PAROL, who was a fine third in the valuable Lanzarote Hurdle in January and would have every chance if able to reproduce form akin to that on this second chase start. Paddy The Horse clearly likes it here (hurdles record at this course reads 2311) and he looks dangerous, while Vintage Fizz could have a say if his jumping passes the test now switched to fences. Twoshotsoftequila appears to be better suited to more conventional tracks.