Roi De France was disappointing when fancied to run a big race in the Cambridgeshire but can get back on track now switched to Kempton’s all-weather surface.
John and Thady Gosden’s charge looked one to follow when posting a convincing victory at Windsor in July and several of those in behind franked that form in subsequent outings.
After a little break, Roi De France returned to action with an unlucky runner-up effort at Yarmouth, where he travelled strongly but just got caught in a pocket around the two-furlong marker.
That was viewed by many as a perfect prep run for the Cambridgeshire but soft ground at Newmarket may have taken too much out of the son of Sea The Stars.
His action seems sure to be much better suited by Kempton’s sounder synthetic surface and Oisin Murphy is clearly content to keep the faith ahead of the Try Unibet’s New Acca Boosts Handicap.
Some nicely-bred types will make their debuts in the Juddmonte EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes but Bridget’s View sets a strong standard and can make the most of her experience.
Ed Walker’s filly caught the eye making late headway first time up at Haydock and was then made favourite for her next outing at Newmarket.
Pretty much everything went wrong for her that day, from jinking at the stalls to being denied a clear run two out, but she only went down by a neck behind Sea Poetry, with that pair pulling well clear.
Charlie Johnston’s Cool Party is in rude health at the moment and can complete a quick course and distance hat-trick in the Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap.
Lucinda Russell has high hopes of Cadell developing into a smart staying chaser and he can continue on an upward curve at Hexham.
The Ronnie Bartlett-owned six-year-old got off the mark over fences in fine style when making all to beat the Paul Nicholls-trained odds-on shot Farnoge by 15 lengths.
Not fluent at every obstacle that day, he still moved powerfully throughout the latter stages and is expected to make further progress in the Visit mybettingsites.com Ireland Novices’ Chase.
Olly Murphy and Sean Bowen have again been teaming up to great effect of late and can keep the good run going at Warwick.
Barlovento was doing all of his best work at the business when scoring at Carlisle last month and is taken to defy a penalty in the Denis O’Connell Memorial Novices’ Hurdle.
Stablemate Booster Bob also appeared to have plenty of scope for improvement when making a successful debut over fences and gets the nod in the Weatherbys And Northampton Town FC Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase.
Over in Wales, The Long Walk can confirm the promise of his opening bumper effort in the Ffos Las Spring Ladies Day Open National Hunt Flat Race.
A half-brother to useful performers Anyharminasking and Tripoli Flyer, the son of Walk In The Park went into many notebooks after rallying late on to finish third at Southwell and the runner-up that day has since won well.
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