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Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	9	Our Absent Friends (G) C&D winner. Pair of wins over 5f at Catterick this summer, emphatically seeing off Canaria Queen for the latter. Well below par when only fifth of 8 there last week, though.	153392	Jason Hart T Davidson	8	63.5kg	6 5/1
1st	2	7	Rock Of England (G) FAV Three wins from 8 starts this year, including C&D. Bit below form when fourth of 9 in handicap at Thirsk (5f, good) 17 days ago but capable of bouncing back here under Oisin Murphy.	214413	Oisin Murphy P T Midgley	6	63.5kg	3.75 11/4
2nd	3	8	Thornaby Pearl (G) Going through a good spell at the moment, making it 3 wins in his last 4 starts when leading close home at Windsor (5f, good to firm). Another 4 lb higher now bit this former course scorer has to be …	113126	Oliver Carmichael Adrian Nicholls	8	62.1kg	10 9/1
7th	4	5	Mark's Choice (G) P Has a remarkable Ripon record, successful 10 times at this course. Another fine effort here when second of 20 over 6f (good to firm) 16 days ago. Has to enter calculations back down in class.	243627	Connor Beasley G Tutty	10	61.2kg	5 4/1
5th	5	1	Canaria Queen (M) P Has proved as good as ever this year, winning 3 times with the latest at Hamilton in June. Creditable second of 8 at Catterick (5f, good to firm) 5 days ago. This former C&D scorer could be on the pr…	822540	D Fentiman T D Easterby	6	59.9kg	6.50 11/2
8th	6	3	Betweenthesticks (G) P Won at Wolverhampton and Pontefract in the spring. Notched 3 successive creditable in-frame efforts back at Pontefract this summer but his run of good form came to a halt when well behind Our Absent …	623468	J P Sullivan Mrs R Carr	6	59.4kg	15 14/1
9th	7	2	Glory Fighter (G) Veteran who responded well when getting off the mark for the year at Nottingham (5f) in April but has struggled since. Rock of England looks the more obvious of the yard's pair.	315066	D Nolan P T Midgley	10	59.4kg	51 50/1
6th	8	6	Marajito (F) C&D winner in May. Also a good second here at the beginning of this month. Too free returned to 6f at Redcar since and treated as if still in form.	654276	O McSweeney T D Easterby	4	59.4kg	17 16/1
4th	9	4	Happier (M) Notched back to back wins at Wolverhampton (classified event) and Ffos Las (handicap) in recent weeks and only narrowly denied on the hat-trick bid at Lingfield (all-weather) 13 days ago. Only 1 lb h…	112413	Harry Vigors M Keighley	6	57.2kg	7.50 13/2

Betting forecast: Rock Of England (11/4), Mark's Choice (4/1), Our Absent Friends (5/1), Canaria Queen (11/2), Happier (13/2), Thornaby Pearl (9/1), Betweenthesticks (14/1), Marajito (16/1), Glory Fighter (50/1)