It's Sandown's first meeting of the year after the cancellation of the Veteran's Final card and it's a pretty trappy affair.
14:25, Arthur Gregory Centenary Celebration Novices' Limited Handicap Chase
Helnwein 11/8, 2pts win
I'm not normally one for tipping favourites but Alan King's classy novice should really be getting off the mark over fences here. He put up a huge effort to win a big field hurdle here last March and looked like he has a decent future in this field when second on chasing debut at Warwick in November behind a good mare who has won again since. He disappointed as favourite at Windsor in December but nothing about that race went to suit and now back at a track that will play to his strengths he will take all the beating.
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16:10, Paul Sadgrove Dads 'N' Lads Novices' Handicap Hurdle
Authentic Legacy 5/1, 1pt each-way (4 places)
Gary Moore's five year old has some pretty decent hurdle form for this standard to his name having been dismissed by some decent animals early in the season. He ran a good race on handicap debut at this course in December when he finished third. The ground here will be a bit better than last time which I think should suit but more importantly, this step up in trip is going to be in his favour. I like how connections have decided to come back to this track and Freddie Gordon is claiming a handy five pounds off.
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