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A decent renewal of a race that used to be known as the Anne Duchess of Westminster Memorial and has been won by Dan Skelton, who runs Shan Blue, three times. There may not be an Arkle in their ranks but there are some battle hardened campaigners, of whom MAJOR DUNDEE is preferred to the top-weight. His form last year wasn't as bad as the figures suggest but has seen this C&D winner drop 5lbs in the handicap and he's taken to take advantage with his yard enjoying a good spell.
Obsidian Knight looks set to go well but returned a beaten favourite last time and is likely to occupy a similar market position. A chance, then, is taken with STAR PUPIL whose career started promisingly but he got upset in the stalls on his penultimate start in June and didn't return until last month. He looked onepaced that day but the run should have brought Star Pupil on and he looks well worth a crack at this distance while the handicapper has given him a chance, dropping him by 6lbs from his opening mark.
A competitive little heat can go the way of top-weight ILIKEDWAYURTHINKIN who bounced back from a spell in the doldrums in the summer but remains some way below his career high rating. He didn't appear to enjoy the testing ground when coming up short in his bid for a Cartmel treble but that was still a fair performance and he can resume winning ways if returning in the same form after a short break.
ARC ZOOSVE made a promising start to his handicap career, going down by a neck over 14 furlongs at this track a little over a fortnight ago. The handicapper has bumped him up by 2lbs but he's entitled to progress after just four starts and shaped as though this further step up in trip would be right down his street.
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