Rite Of Passage (noseband) is a best-priced 7-2 for the Neptune Hurdle

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Rite Of Passage among 34 left in Neptune

ANTE-POST favourite Rite Of Passage was among 34 horses left in the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle at Thursday's forfeit stage.

There were no major surprises among the horses taken out of the Grade 1 contest at Cheltenham on Wednesday.

Two who will miss the race are Get Me Out Of Here, who is set for the Spinal Research Supreme Novices' Hurdle 24 hours earlier, and Restless Harry, who is being aimed at the Albert Bartlett Novics' Hurdle on Friday.

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