Sandown Placepot picks: Paul Kealy chases the £100k guaranteed pool

It's a day of small fields at Sandown but they are competitive enough for punters trying for a slice of the £100,000 guaranteed Placepot.

I can sniff an upset in the first (12.40) with Valsheda's jumping sure to be put under pressure, and course specialists and are the two to concentrate on.

There's a fair amount of guesswork needed for the next (1.10) but , fourth on his debut in a Listed hurdle at Auteuil, probably has the best form by some way.

There are plenty of ex-Flat types who may struggle to get 2m in soft ground here, including penalised Warwick winner Non Stop, so the back-up selection is , who at least stayed 1m2f on the level.

, who has already shown he can jump well, is the one to beat in the third (1.45) but we can expect , whose win last time was a walkover, to have been well schooled, and he will appreciate the good ground.

I'll be disappointed if doesn't improve markedly on his debut effort, so he's the banker in the next (2.20), while course and race specialist is first on the list for the fifth (2.55).

This is the toughest heat of the day and , who has been running well, goes in too.

I'll be taking on likely favourite Hugos New Horse in the last (3.30) with and , fourth and fifth in a better heat at Cheltenham last time, the suggestions.

Sandown Placepot perm

12.40
3 Rolling Dylan
5 Step Back

1.10
2 Benjamin Bear
4 Kansas Du Berlais

1.45
1 Milan Bridge
4 Gloire D'Athon

2.20
1 Henri The Second

2.55
5 Rose Sea Has
8 Darebin

3.30
2 Mothill
5 Galahad Threepwood

2x2x2x1x2x2 = 32 lines

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