Sandown Placepot tips: Paul Kealy's perm for the £50k guaranteed pool

There isn't much hurdling form to go on in Sandown's opener, but the Jane Williams-trained Castelfort showed more than enough ability in a juvenile hurdle on his debut at Chepstow last month, and on paper this does not look strong.

I'll take a chance by banking on him for Placepot purposes as there are other races which need more coverage.

Two non-completions in a row make Ballybreeze easy enough to leave out of the next (1.15), and I'd be happy enough to side with Hudson De Grugy and Fast Buck, both of whom have good course form.

I don't have a strong opinion in the third (1.50), so Southoftheborder and Josh The Boss are my two and, similarly, I wouldn't want to split Stay Away Fay or Giovinco in the fourth (2.25). Both have potentially very nice futures ahead of them.

The next (3.00) is particularly tough, but top of my list is Animal, who ran so well on his return. Last-time-out winner Not Sure is added, as is Collectors Item, who took a step forward on his second run of the season and may be ready to take another.

Magical King is first on my list for the next despite his price, and I'll take the hat-trick-seeking West End Boy over Immortal for the second choice as the latter has clearly had his issues and can be a weak finisher.

Sandown Placepot perm

12.40
1 Castelfort

1.15
2 Fast Buck
3 Hudson De Grugy

1.50
3 Josh The Boss
5 Southoftheborder

2.25
1 Stay Away Fay
3 Giovinco

3.00
1 Collectors Item
7 Not Sure
10 Animal

3.35
1 Magical King
5 West End Boy

1 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 2 = 48 lines

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