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Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 5m 16.5s

1^st

Belliano

611-8

4/9f

T: P F NichollsJ: Freddie Gingell (3)

Pressed leader, not fluent 6th, led before 2 out, shaken up and in command flat, comfortably

2^nd

3 ¼

Silver Thorn

611-8

10/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Ben Jones

Chased leaders, not fluent 6th, closed final bend, went 2nd before mistake 2 out, soon ridden, no impression flat op 16/1

3^rd

Espoir Des Forges

711-2

28/1

T: Mrs M RowleyJ: Charlie Deutsch

Always last, tailed off 6th, left 3rd 2 out op 33/1

Also Ran

I'm A Lumberjack

611-8

11/4

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Took keen hold, jumped right at times, led, not fluent 8th, headed and weakening in 3rd when fell 2 out op 9/4

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Non-Runners

Frisby³⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: P Neville J: Henry Brooke

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.45EX:£4.90Trifecta:£13.80SF:£5.31

Forecasts

Belliano (4/9), I'm A Lumberjack (11/4), Silver Thorn (10/1), Frisby (12/1), Espoir Des Forges (28/1)

I'M A LUMBERJACK confirmed the promise of his hurdling debut in tidy fashion at Warwick and, with the performance supported by the timefigure, he's taken to defy a penalty at the first time of asking with the sharp nature of this track more likely to play to his strengths than perhaps Belliano's, whose long-term future surely lies back over further having taken time to wear down the leader over an extended 21f at Ascot on his most recent outing.