Beaten 26 and a half lengths when seventh at Kelso on 4 October, he needs to leave that 2m5f effort on good to firm behind. His Newcastle hurdle win in October 2025 came over today's 2m7½f on good ground, making this longer trip a reasonable source of encouragement. A mark of 115 is just 3lb above the 112 he won from at Newcastle, so a return to that level would make him competitive. He also won a Class 4 hurdle at Cartmel on good ground in August 2025.

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His fourth here on 2 October was a respectable effort, beaten four and a quarter lengths over 2m4f on good ground in Class 4 company. The extra three and a half furlongs are no obvious barrier, given his third over today's 2m7½f at Punchestown in June 2025. That placing came on good to yielding, while his close Downpatrick third in August 2026 shows useful hurdle form on today's good ground. Sean Bowen arrives with 12 winners from 49 rides in the past fortnight, adding another positive.

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Won over hurdles here on good ground in April 2025 and followed it with a close second in Class 4 company over the same 2m4f. He returns to hurdles from 106, 14lb above that winning mark, having won over fences at Ayr in February and in Class 2 company at Kelso in March. Those chase wins show his ability over staying trips, but he was pulled up over fences at Ayr on heavy ground on 18 April. After 185 days off, he also needs to improve on his latest hurdle run, when beaten 31 lengths at Perth in October 2025.

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Two Perth hurdle wins in July show what he can do on good ground, and he is back on the mark of his 12 July Class 4 success. His subsequent efforts have been less encouraging, including two heavy defeats at Perth in September. He finished fifth at Kelso on 4 October, beaten fifteen and a quarter lengths over two miles and five furlongs on good to firm. Today's extra two and a half furlongs bring him closer to his July winning distance, but he needs to recapture that summer form.

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Three hurdle wins over this course and distance give him a solid grounding for this race, most recently in October 2025 on good to soft. He is now 7lb below the mark for that success, which gives him a chance at the weights if he can rediscover that form. His third here on 2 October was less encouraging than the placing suggests, as he was beaten eighteen and a quarter lengths on good ground. That was in Class 5, so today's rise to Class 4 asks for a stronger performance despite a further 2lb drop in his rating.

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