Handicap debutant one to watch with positive jockey booking
No. 2
Steel Express
3.05 Exeter
Back each-way at 16-1 or biggerLinda Blackford's five-year-old is quite interesting now he's being ridden by James Best for the first time instead of a claimer or amateur.
A bumper winner at the track on his debut in December 2015, he showed fair form in two other runs in that sphere, but three hurdles starts this campaign have not shown him in the best light.
However, he ran in contests he was always going to struggle to be competitive in - the last two were won by Neon Wolf and Movewiththetimes - and they have served to get him handicapped.
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