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Wednesday 26 February 2025

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Off time: 16:29 | Winning time: 6m 50.1s

Ladronne^t²⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: William Maggs⁽⁵⁾| T: T Collier| OR: 97| C| D

9/4

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Form: 6PB944

Shady B^t²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: R Patrick| T: C Boultbee-Brooks| OR: 97| D

11/4

Promising sort who resumed from 10 months off with a good third at Uttoxeter on New Year's Eve. Did the job well when readily landing a Ffos Las (23.8f, heavy) handicap next time and an 8 lb rise may not stop him, given his scope for improvement.

Form: 9421-31

Emotional Roller²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽³⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 88| BF

7/2

Winless following half-a-dozen runs between the flags and 0-9 over hurdles but off the mark at fourth attempt in this sphere at Catterick (25.2f, good) last month. Found things happening too quickly over 3m at Market Rasen next time, though, and trips in excess of 3¼m is probably what he needs.

Form: 22P513

Time Was²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Joe Williamson⁽³⁾| T: P A Kirby| OR: 85| D

7/1

Winning pointer who produced her best effort yet under Rules when chasing home a progressive type off a similar mark here (19.4f, soft) at the start of the month. Moving back up in trip will help and she should make her presence felt.

Form: P8-5442

Thatsy^t,p²⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Lizzie Quinlan| OR: 80| D

25/1

Losing run mounting up and he was a long way adrift of second-placed Time Was when sixth of 10 in a 19.4f handicap here last time.

Form: 6/648-66

Gibberwell^b²³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: Philip Armson⁽³⁾| T: J Coulson| OR: 77| D

9/1

Has made the frame in 3 starts at up to 3¼m from 4 appearances this season, including when 4 lb 'wrong' at the weights at Carlisle (24.5f, soft) earlier this month. That effort can be marked up a touch and while his strike rate (1-20 over fences) is hardly compelling, he has to enter calculations.

Form: 4-534P2

Monticello¹⁶⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 10-4| J: Edward Austin⁽⁵⁾| T: N Mechie| OR: 73

150/1

Lightly-raced in recent years and it's been some time since he achieved anything that would be on a par with what will be required to make a winning chase debut here.

Form: 35PP7/P

Halfway House Lad^t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: C O'Farrell| T: M A Barnes| OR: 70

12/1

Poor chaser who was a most fortuitous winner after 6 months off in 4-runner handicap chase at Newcastle (23.4f, good) in November, nearly 50 lengths down when left alone 2 out. That's his sole success from 17 starts overall and likely to come up short once more.

Form: 261594

Non-Runners

Bring The Action²⁰

Weight: 10-13| Age: 9

T: N J Hawke J: Bryan Carver

Forecasts

Ladronne (9/4), Shady B (11/4), Emotional Roller (7/2), Time Was (7/1), Gibberwell (9/1), Halfway House Lad (12/1), Bring The Action (16/1), Thatsy (25/1), Monticello (150/1)

SHADY B made his second start over fences a winning one at Ffos Las, leaving the impression that there is more to come from him in this sphere. He looks capable of defying an 8 lb rise in the weights and gets the nod ahead of Ladronne, who has slipped to a very tempting mark and will benefit from this step back up in trip. Gibberwell and Time Was can do battle for minor honours.