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Off time: 15:06 | Winning time: 1m 38.07s

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Monty Beau²³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Rossa Ryan| T: H Palmer

13/8

€50,000 Siyouni gelding. Half-brother to 6f winner My Boy Jack and 1½m winner Navarre Express. Dam, 9.5f-1½m winner, half-sister to very smart 6f/7f winner Kalahari Gold. Second of 8 in maiden (7/2) at this C&D (AW) on debut. Off 7 months. Should have more to offer.

Form: 2

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Magic Star¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Cieren Fallon| T: W J Haggas| OR: 73

4/7

Fairly useful maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, best effort when third of 11 on handicap debut (9/2) at Bath (10.2f, good) 18 days ago, doing too much too soon. Back down in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Player.

Form: 7543

(3)

Ravens King³¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton

20/1

Twice-raced maiden. 18/1, sixth of 13 in novice at Chelmsford City (8f), not knocked about. Off 10 months/gelded. First run for yard after leaving Paul & Oliver Cole.

Form: 36-

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So Alex^h1²⁰¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Elizabeth Gale⁽⁵⁾| T: Dr R Newland & J Insole

18/1

€34,000 foal, €52,000 yearling, Sottsass gelding. Closely related to winner up to 1¼m Mango Tango and 10.5f winner Fierte d'Amour and half-brother to 3 winners. Fifth of 7 in maiden at Nottingham (10.2f, good, 10/1) on debut. Off 6 months. Down in trip. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 5

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Belle Of Kt¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: William Cox| T: J S Moore

150/1

Postponed filly. Half-sister to 9f winner Slow Down and 1½m winner Natsovia. Dam winner up to 9f (2-y-o 6f winner). Sixth of 7 in maiden at Kempton (7f, 300/1) on debut 14 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 6

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Lone Warrior¹¹⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: George Scott J: Darragh Keenan

Forecasts

Magic Star (4/7), Monty Beau (13/8), Lone Warrior (13/8), So Alex (18/1), Ravens King (20/1), Belle Of Kt (150/1)

LONE WARRIOR showed plenty in a couple of warm novices for Andrew Balding in June and shades the vote over Monty Beau, who made a promising start when second over this C&D in March.