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Here are my views on our two Stratford runners this afternoon: [i]15:40 - Rivaliste [/i] This is just a sharpener over hurdles as we have our eye on a valuable 20k handicap chase at Newton Abbot on the last day of the season. He has never raced over hurdles for me (though he won three times over 2m2f-2m3f in France) so you obviously cannot be confident of his chances, but this is a winnable race at first viewing. He races off a 2lb lower mark than his current chase mark. He hasn't really progressed since his reappearance third at Cheltenham in November but ran ok when third at Doncaster last time. If he does go close it will be a bonus, but it doesn't look the strongest of races, and with James taking 10lb off he must have a leading chance. [i]17:10 - Karinga Dancer [/i] Has...