Red-hot market leader looks vulnerable from tricky draw

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Roussel 2.20 Sandown

SP forecast 2-1

Expensive purchase who was a comfortable winner of a 5f maiden at Leicester on good to soft in May and improved on that when a neck second behind stablemate Sound And Silence on quicker going in the Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot. That form sets the standard, but it is not easy to win from the widest draw on Sandown's 5f straight track.

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Published on 6 July 2017inHorse racing tips

Last updated 14:54, 6 July 2017

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