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Ile Atlantique 0
The Jukebox Man +1
Ballyburn +2+
Croke Park +5
Better Days Ahead +5
Springwell Bay +6+
Gorgeous Tom +6
Peaky Boy +7
Impaired Et Passe +7
Dancing City +7

Early days but it has the makings of a decent race .
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Galopin Des Champs 0
Ahoy Senor +3?
Gerri Colombe +5
Conflated +5??
Hewick +6?
Banbridge +6
The Real Whacker +7
Jungle Boogie +7
Fact To File +7+
Il Est Francais +8
Gentlemansgame +8
Embassy Gardens +8+
Corbett Cross +8
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Jonbon 0
El Fabiolo +1
Garlic Warrior +2
Energumene +6+
Banbridge +6
Jungle Boogie +7
Edwardstone +7
Il Est Francais +8
Matata +10+

To rate The Clarence House I put Jonbon on his previous best .
Matata I held back on because he might have got away with it at Windsor . However , I was impressed by him .


An apprentice worth his claim is Warren Fentiman .

Juggling the default I have arrived at these figures . I draw no conclusion other than it is a race to watch rather than gamble on .



Energumene.  0.   +10    +6
Jonbon.     +3.    0.    +3
Edwardstone +7    +4.    0
Boothill.  +10.   +7    +6

From left to right are figures drawn with default at 2year , 1 year and 6 months .

The Edwardstone top figure is handicap form . A clue to its worth could be given by Matator in an earlier race .
I do not believe that Jonbon did any more when beating Quilixios than he did first time back .
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Mr Vango 0
Richmond Lake +4
Trelawne +13
Iwilldoit +13
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Flegmatik 0
Terrestial +7
Hitman +7
Latenightpass +10

Romantic Style 0
Choisya +4
Ziggys Dream +4
Ultima +5
Easy with me +5

The favourite is too short at 1/3 . She has been off for a while and 4lb equates to 2 lengths .

Noble Dynasty 0
Poker Face 0
Dolayli +3
Ottoman Fleet +5


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Think before you bet in the Veteran ,
Fortescue 0
Empire Steel +6
Remastered +8
Sam Brown +9
Eldorado Allen +9
Smarty  Wild +11
Cloudy Glen +15
Copperhead +16

Copperhead is value to lay .
Empire Steel form is at Kelso .
Remastered has trouble getting round .
Sam Brown looks reluctant these days .
Eldorado Allen has been unreliable .
Chambord needs heavy ground .
Now if you go back far enough you find Smarty Wild on 0 , the equal of the frustrating Fortescue .

The figure I arrive at for Sir Gino is equal to that of Banbridge in The King George . Ballyburn was conceding wfa and wfa for older horses is tricky to say the least . Don't lose any sleep over that performance .
Garlic Warrior looks to have run 14 below his best but it was his seasonal debut and I have been told that he had had a hold up in prep .
Lossiemouth was a most unhappy mare from start to finish and must have been wrong . Put a line through that race .

Hyland 0
The Jukebox Man +10+
Welcome To Cartries +11+
Masaccio +12
White Rhino +12

Remember the pair below Hyland should come forward for their seasonal debuts .
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Galia Des Liteaux 0
Amateur +3
Iwilldoit +5 Pritchard is worth his claim if you want to adjust
Your Own Story +6
Iron Bridge +7
The Newest One +8
Atlanta Brave +8

Bravemansgame 0
Spillane Tower +2+ he should come on for his first run back .
ENVOI Allen +2
The Real Whacker +3
L'homme Presse +4
Corbett Cross +4
Banbridge +5
Grey Dawning +10+
Il Est Francais +12+

God knows what is going to run .
Bravemansgame might be overpriced as I am not certain that he is a has been . Scratch races of more than 3 miles from his form and he is in with a great chance as he looks likely to get his ground . At Haydock he looked unhappy and he doesn't get that trip ; at Wetherby his trajectory was wrong and the Ditcheat runners were all in need of a run . Arguably unlucky in this last year and before that a good second to Fastorslow .
The obvious lay is Il Est Francais . Can you think of a horse that has won after bleeding in 2 of his last 3 outings ? I expect GED could but I can not . Then there is his form which is flaky . Hermes Allen did not have time to advertise the Kauto Star form but looked well held when he had his fatal fall . The third horse at Kempton has done nothing noteworthy since .
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Galopin Des Champs 0
I Am Maximus +4
Fact To File +4+ should come forward
Conflated +5?
Gentlemansgame +8
Grangeclare West +10
Heart Wood +16+
Micellar Crooner +21
Iknowthewayourthinking +24

I have not looked at today's results but the Mullins horses do not seem to be in the best of form and Spillane's Tower did nothing for the John Durkan form .


Merry Xmas

The default is set at 2 years so take care .

Fakir D'Oudairies 0
The Goffer 0
Busselton +2
Vanillier +3
Mr Coffey +3

They might go slow enough for the top chap to get the trip but I am sorely tempted by the big prices on offer about The Goffer . I know he has no trip , I know he is a villain but he does have the form in the book even if it is old form . Also he has a great rider claiming 3 .

The French challenger has no chance on his English form . I read that he won a good race at Compiegne but that track suits dodge pots , They should send Mr Coffey over there .
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Fugitif 0
Stage Star +3
Gemirande +4
Il Ridotto +5

By my figures Jonbon ran to 7lb below his best . Before the race I had Quilixios +15 and JPRone +18 . With only three involved in the finish one can not be sure but be wary .

Major Dundee 0
Arizona Cardinal +3
Percussion +4
Iron Bridge +4
King Turgeon +5
Celebre d' Allen +5

Now Where Or When has one bit of form that was very good but surely it was a fluke .
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Jonbon 0
Edwardstone. +4
Master Chewy +7
Foothill +7