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[u]13.30 2m Grade 1 Hurdle[/u] [i]Hollow Tree[/i] I don't think he needs soft ground but he handles it so well that the news they have been watering is encouraging. This will be a very different test to anything he has experienced before but he has a lovely way of going about things and I don't think it will faze him. He has had to do a lot of the work himself in his races up until now but he should get some company this time and he might appreciate running past horses, rather than being the target for them to aim at. It's clearly a very tough race but he's a Grade 1 winner who hasn't run a bad race since we had him and he shouldn't be far away. [u]14.05 2m Handicap Hurdle[/u] [i]Desert Cry[/i] It's been a frustrating campaign for him as every time he has run in one of these big ...

[u]13:30 4m Novice Chase[/u] [i]Lively Baron[/i] He is obviously up in grade here and has a bit to find on the ratings but I have run better horses than him who haven't got home here and the one thing he will do is stay. He will love the ground and, as long as he can get into a rhythm early on, he might outrun his odds. As I say, he will be staying on when others have had enough and it wouldn't surprise me to see him give a good account. [u]16:00 2m5f Handicap Hurdle[/u] [i]Son of Flicka[/i] He ran a screamer when he was second in the 'boys' race last year and he has been aimed at this meeting all season. He wasn't in much form earlier in the year but his work has been better in recent weeks and he does seem to be coming to himself - he's back down to a more realistic mark...