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Off time: 12:10 | Winning time: 4m 21.36s

Circle Of Hope^p1

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: J M Quinlan| T: B Brookhouse

7/4

Yorgunnabelucky filly. Brother to fairly useful 7.4f winner Yorbelucky. Dam, 9f/1¼m winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 21f) I'm So Lucky and useful hurdler (2m winner) Dream Esteem. Wears cheekpieces for debut for good yard.

Form:

Francina²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Burke| T: Jamie Snowden| BF

11/4

Sea The Moon filly. Sister to 2 winners, including fairly useful 19f/21f hurdle winner Favorite Moon. Dam 1¼m winner. Held back by inexperience in a messy race on last month's debut at Hereford and should improve.

Form: 2

Jackie Savage

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams

18/1

Jack Hobbs filly. Half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Return Flight, stayed 3m. Dam unraced sister to smart hurdler/very smart chaser (stayed 27f) Sunny Flight and fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 27f) Golden Flight. Bred more for stamina than speed but still worth a market check.

Form:

Talysh

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling

2/1

Linda's Lad filly. Closely related to a winner, and half-sister to 3 winners, including useful 2m hurdle winner Persian Time. Of obvious interest on debut.

Form:

Virginia Lodge⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Fergus Gillard⁽³⁾| T: D Skelton

9/1

Out of a winning hurdler and in good hands but offered little at Ludlow on last month's debut.

Form: 0

Forecasts

Circle Of Hope (7/4), Talysh (2/1), Francina (11/4), Virginia Lodge (9/1), Jackie Savage (18/1)

CIRCLE OF HOPE hails from a stable that's made a good start to the season with its hurdling newcomers, so she earns the vote before market clues. Talysh has an appealing pedigree and has to be feared, particularly if strong in the betting, while Francina should build on last month's debut at Hereford.