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Cosmic Year -3+
Field Of Gold -2+
Camille Pissarro -1+
Ruling Court 0+
Jonquil +2+
The Lion In Winter +2
Shadow Of Light +2
Henri Matisse +2
Expanded +3
Arizona Blaze +3
Rashabar +5+
Wimbledon Hawkeye +5
Twain +5+
Hotazhell +5
Convergent +5+
Aomori City +5
Noble Champion +5
Caburn +6
Scorthy Champ +7
Mount Kilimanjaro +7

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Opera Ballo +9+
Detain +10+

Provisionals included . Convergent had slipped my mind completely and the figure looks too high but Burke only has a couple of entries .
24/3 there was interest in Seagulls Eleven over the weekend , a flurry of bets across the board early Saturday morning .
Camille Pissarro looks out of place but he was penalised at The Curragh . The natural order of things is in place at last with the colts  ahead of the fillies . The Gladness used to be a recognised trial for classic colts but , like The Madrid and English Free Handicap , has fallen out of favour over the last 30 years . Nijinski and Minsky won it in the 1970s . Minsky ran in The Brigadier's Guineas. Giant's Causeway and Lomond won it recently .
.If you missed what Aidan O'Brien said allow me to summarise . In The Gladness Ryan was never going to ask for more than 90% of Camille Pissaro . The reason for this was because winning the race probably cost Giant's Causeway the Guineas . Strictly speaking Cosmic Year is still a provisional rating since the key was a long way behind and the placed horses are unknown to me . It was a long looking 5 lengths but I have used the official distance .
And wrt NH racing Alex Harvey(5) is worth every pound of his claim .........
Lake Victoria 0
Desert Flower +1
Vertical Blue +2
Simmering +2
Red Letter +2
Better Together +3 ntbs
She's Perfect +3 ntbs
Exactly +3
Daylight +5
Bedtime Story +5
Zanzoun +6+ ntbs
Duty First +6+ ntbs
Chantez +6
Merrily +6
Janey Mackers +6
Falling Snow +6
Bubbling +6
Babouche +6
Lake Victoria looks to be uneasy in the market but was too short at 3/1 .
Arabian Dusk might be of interest at a very big price . The Crisford string seems to be in fine fettle if results from the desert are anything to go by . Take a look at her form .
24/3 Desert Flower is now a 7/4 fav . Ridiculously short as there are at least 6 fillies that could win and not an eyebrow would be raised . Then there is Lake Victoria and several dark ones .
Swelter , as expected , joins Lake Victoria at the top but is going to The Curragh .

Micellar Crooner 0 does not stay but this is not a real race
Vanillier +3
Mister Coffey +6
Chemical Energy +6
Calvin +8

I have had a small bet on Back On The Lash . 50 /1 nrnb . Third in this event off of 140 he should now run off of 133 . Forget the fact that he is out of the handicap .
EDIT : I think these might need adjusting . After checking manually I could see that bottom weight was 10.0 . Now the figures have changed and it looks like bottom weight is 10.5 . In this case the error is not mine but Weatherby's .
So the top weight is 11.10 and bottom weight 10.5 . In the Ultima they are 12.0 and 10.3 respectively . Why is this ?
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Jonbon 0
Energumene +6
Solness +10
Found A Fifty +10
Captain Guinness +10

There are few pundits that consistently talk good sense : Limbo,  David Johnson are two and Aidan O' Hara might become the third . The last named makes a good case for Quilixios e/w .

Buckinghamshire spellchecker , it is J not L .
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Unexpected Party 0
Traprain Law +4
Jasko Des Dames +4
My Mate Mozzie +8
General Medrano +9
Western Zephyr +10

If you are looking for a longshore what about Third Time Lucky ? You can put a line through his last three runs . He now runs off of 134 and at one time he was o/r 153 . He is worth a look .

On the broadcast The Racing Room , AK said that he priced up for a cover of a large bonus offered if A dog won English , Irish and Scottish Derby finals . Without watching it again I believe he said that " ultra conservatively" he proposed 200/1 .
The price eventually offered was 9/2 .
I might be wrong but I think AK priced up for a Treble when , in actual fact , it is a Double .


L'Eau Du Sud , take a good look at his form before backing him . His form took another knock when Tedley finished out of the frame in The Greatwood . From all the horses that have finished behind him in chases there have been 3 winners , one of which was at Dundalk . Petit Tonnere won off of a low rating and Soul Icon won on 143 but that race looks to be a non event with hindsight . I would expect the Skelton horse to drift .EDIT : I missed Rubaud who was very game when making hard work of winning The Pendil .

Mountain Breeze 0
Lhakpa +2
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Ruling Court 0
Hallasan +1
The Fingal Raven +6
Daamiss +10
Nedawy +11
Glitterati +14
Ruling Court is far too short at 4/11 - not seen since The Acomb while Hallasan is race fit .
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Arabian Crown 0 has not run since last April
Silver Knott +3
Sea Hector +3
Highway Robber +3
Al Madhar +6
Onesmoothoperator +8
Passion And Glory +8

Grey Dawning 0+
Iroko +5
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Medley 0
Prince Quali 0
Martator 0
Scarface +1
Kotmask +2
Billytherealbigred +2
Saint Segal +3
Iroko +3
Beau Balko +4
Kandoo Kid +5
Le Milos +7

Garlic Warrior -3
El Fabiolo -3
Journey With Me 0
Conflated 0 doubtful
Protektorat +1
Envoi Allen +1
Energumene +1?
Djelo +1
Banbridge +1
Spillane's Tower +2
Jungle Boogie +2
Fact To File +2
Il Est Francais +3
Master Chewy +5
Grangeclare West +5
Found A Fifty +5

This might be a cracker . Take a look at the form for Conflated . On his last run over a comparable trip he was a good runner up to Jonbon .

Ballyburn -4
Jango Baie 0
Malborough +1+
Firefox +1
Springwell Bay +2
L'Eau Du Sud +9
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Stellar Story 0
Ballyburn 0+
Quai De Bourbon +3
Jango Baie +4
Croke Park +5
Betterdaysahead +5
Springwell Bay +6
Gorgeous Tom +6
Peaky Boy +7?
Dancing City +7
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Jonbon 0
Garlic Warrior +2
Energumene +6?
Djelo +6
Banbridge +6
Jungle Boogie +7
Edwardstone +7?
Il Est Francais +8
Solness +10+
Master Chewy +10
Found A Fifty +10
Captain Guinness +10
Matata +12+
Marine Nationale +12
Blood Destiny +14
Senecia +15
Libberty Hunter +16
Quilixios +18
JPR One +20

Default at a year except for El Fabiolo
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The spelling mistakes are not a sorry attempt at humour . I have given up fighting the spellchecker but note that it let Libberty slip through .

Rubaud 0
Imperial Saint +1
Mark Of Gold +5
Boomtown +9
Ashdale Bob +16
Bhaloo +25

These are all shakey flaky figures and not to be trusted . However , should they work out then Majborough would be a lay proposition in The Arkle . EDIT : Inconclusive but , whichever way you read the result , it is not good news for L'Eau du Sud form or , indirectly , Malborough form .

Cinderellas Dream 0
Choisya +2

The favourite has not run since 2nd November while the Crisford mare is hard race fit . The 1/3 looks far too short .
Both have high figures from strange races but go to their other figures and the difference is still 2lb or 2 lengths .

Prince Des Fichaux 0
Major Dundee +2
The Haslam horse +5
Bodhisatva +6
Your Own Story +8
Gaboriot +9
Passing Well +10
Lord Rocco +10
Iron Bridge +10

Default at 1 year except for Major Dundee , not off last time . Although better off with the top chap he still has to find on last year's running of this . Better ground might help .
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Hyland 0
Cheltenham +4
Karate Dori +7
Tahmuras +8
Deeper Blue +8
Bowtogreatness +8
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Spirit Dancer 0
Al Riffa +1
Straight +2
Shin Emperor +2
Calif +3
Trustyourinstinct +3