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Urban Glimpse²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: P J McDonald| T: A M Balding| OR: 85

7/4

Lightly raced 4-y-o who found only one too good in a pair of strong 1¼m handicaps last spring. Looked rusty on return from 10 months off at Goodwood recently and should find this appreciably easier dropped in grade.

Form: 16/224-6

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Mafting¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ben Robinson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 79| D

11/4

Doubled his tally on reappearance at Redcar (1¼m) and found only a rival too good who was slightly better placed off a modest pace at Doncaster (1½m, good to firm) next time. Not ideally placed at York on most recent outing and worth treating as still in top form.

Form: 347-129

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Sportingsilvermine¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: O J Orr| T: James Owen| OR: 77

4/1

Reliable and dual winner in 2025, though is yet to fire in 4 quick runs this spring, unable to sustain his effort in 1½m handicap at York on latest start.

Form: 27-0007

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Sir William^p1¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Connor Beasley| T: C Johnston| OR: 76| D

4/1

Bounced back to form on third start for current yard when second in 7-runner handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good to firm) 12 days ago, plugging on. May benefit from first-time cheekpieces, though isn't sure to be suited by the return to shorter.

Form: 224-502

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Moonjid^p⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Joanna Mason| T: M Appleby| OR: 72

8/1

Signed off 2025 in the perfect style when justifying heavy support at Nottingham (8.5f) in October. Turned in his best effort of this season fitted with first-time cheekpieces when fourth of 9 at Nottingham in April but failed to build on that run at Pontefract last week, albeit caught wide.

Form: 31-5845

Non-Runners

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Impartiality¹⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: Phillip Makin J: Shane Gray

Forecasts

Urban Glimpse (5/2), Sir William (11/4), Mafting (4/1), Moonjid (4/1), Sportingsilvermine (10/1), Impartiality (10/1)

URBAN GLIMPSE, a lightly-raced 4-y-o, has some notably strong form in the book and, with a recent run under his belt, is fancied to make the most of the marked drop in grade. Mafting wasn't ideally placed at York on his latest start and is better judged on his previous efforts this season.