Last year's winner SPYCATCHER ended his 2025 campaign firmly on the up and makes plenty of appeal in his bid for a repeat victory. Successful in this contest back in 2024, Montassib proved somewhat disappointing last term but has likely been aimed at this and must be taken seriously, whilst market support for My Mate Alfie on debut for David O'Meara could prove significant.
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Source: newspaper tipsters
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About The Selections
Andy Stephens
Myal Bit to find on these terms but ran well at this meeting last year on his return and is interesting, at chunky odds, reverting to sprinting. Each-way play
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Smart Stats
3
Spycatcher
38% Pierre-Louis Jamin's strike rate on favourites
7/2
9
Montassib
24% William Haggas's strike rate with sprinters
9/2
9
Montassib
22% William Haggas's strike rate in early season
9/2
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Race Hints
Specific Pace Hint: My Mate Alfie shouldn’t be inconvenienced if looking to adopt a prominent position: The forecast decent pace still isn’t likely to sway the advantage towards those usually ridden further back such as is Mitbaahy.