Paul Kealy's play of the day at Sandown

Sans Bruit
2.25 Sandown

Sans Bruit won five of ten hurdles starts in France, all of them on ground described as soft or worse, and he has won at up to 2m3f.

He did not fare particularly well when only seventh of 13 on his debut for Paul Nicholls in January, but that was his first run for nearly eight months and he was very free.

Nicholls would surely have at least a dozen horses with marks that would have got them a run in this race, but Sans Bruit was his only entry, and on the last two occasions he had only one runner in it he won it with Iceo last year and Malaya in 2019.

Sans Bruit14:25 Sandown

View Racecard

Jky: Harry Cobden Tnr: Paul Nicholls

Read these next:

Saturday's free racing tips: five horses to consider putting in your multiples 

The Punt Acca: Matt Rennie's three horse racing tips from Sandown and Wolverhampton on ITV4 on Saturday 

Get Racing Post Members' Club for just £10 a month for three months when you join in time for the Cheltenham Festival 

Sign up to receive On The Nose, our essential daily newsletter, from the Racing Post. Your unmissable morning feed, direct to your email inbox every morning.