Signposts: First-time hood can bring Hyperfocus back to form

Hugo Palmer has a 37 per cent strike-rate when he fits a first-time hood on his runners. Hyperfocus (8.15 Newmarket), who needs to improve on his recent starts, wears the headgear for the first time.

Richard Hannon does well when dropping his horses into selling company for the first time (56 per cent). Be Proud (6.00 Newmarket) will look to enhance this record further. The colt has shown very little so far but the drop in class could help.

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