The well-related WILSTAR proved a let-down starting out over hurdles at Newbury, but he has since undergone wind surgery and, given the promise he showed in bumpers during the spring, it's not hard to envisage him leaving that form a long way behind here. He gets the nod ahead of French import Locquirec, while likely improvers Like Minded and Sanilam have decent each-way claims, for all that they're both likely to be seen in a better light when faced with stiffer tests.
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Smart Stats
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Zhanma Enki
2 Stuart Crawford's number of winners in past 7 runnings.
66/1
12
Wilstar
£15.88 Olly Murphy's profit to a £1 level stake with hurdlers running in first time headgear
6/4
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Wilstar
21% Olly Murphy's strike rate in mid season
6/4
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Race Hints
Specific Pace Hint: Abbey Scope shouldn’t be inconvenienced if looking to adopt a prominent position: Despite a suspicion the pace will be sound, those held up such as Wilstar usually is are still likely to have their work cut out.
Individual Price Hint: Zhanma Enki has traded at 50% or less of Betfair SP twice on its last 3 starts.