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Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 1m 37.57s

(4)

Apache Outlaw⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Adam Caffrey| T: A McGuinness| OR: 100| C

5/2

Useful gelding. Four wins from 16 runs last year. 13/8, proved better than ever when winning 9-runner handicap at this course (7f) in December, leading final 1f and kept up to work. Respected for all this rates a tougher ask.

Form: 513711-

(1)

Big Gossey^t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: C O'Brien| OR: 102| C

11/2

Smart gelding. Latest win at the Curragh 97f) in November. 10/1, showed benefit of a recent run when finishing head second in 8-runner handicap here (5f) 2 weeks ago, just failing. Versatile sort who ought to be in the thick of things again.

Form: 9231-32

(5)

San Andreas^p⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-5| J: Shay Wallace⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 98| CD

17/2

Useful veteran who added 2 more course wins in December. Latest second in 10.7f minor event 7 days ago was a solid effort but he'd previously appeared to find the test inadequate when fifth in a C&D contest in January.

Form: 9211-52

(3)

Valiant Force¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: D Egan| T: A Murray| OR: 102| C

8/11

Useful colt. Latest win here (6f) in February. 4/1, creditable 2 lengths third of 11 to Clarendon House in listed race at Southwell (5f) 13 days ago, plugging on final 1f. Unexposed at this sort of trip and his record here is 2 wins from 3 starts. Considered.

Form: 9014-13

Non-Runners

(2)

Crypto Force²⁰²

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: A Murray J: Colin Keane

Forecasts

Valiant Force (8/11), Apache Outlaw (5/2), Big Gossey (11/2), Crypto Force (11/2), San Andreas (17/2)

Having taken his course record to 2 wins from 3 starts in February, VALIANT FORCE again ran well in listed company at Southwell (5f) 13 days ago. Adrian Murray's 4-y-o arrives unexposed at this trip and could be the way to go. Likeable 8-y-o Big Gossey and Apache Outlaw head up the dangers.