Sweetspots: Cox can continue good gelding record with Dark Shadow

Dark Shadow2.00 Nottingham
Clive Cox has a decent record with first-time geldings, operating at a 21 per cent strike-rate. Dark Shadow will have no trouble with conditions and can go well.

Freedom And Wheat3.25 Lingfield
Mark Usher is in great form (4-13 last fortnight) and new recruit Freedom And Wheat returns to the course and distance of his triumph in December. He’s 10lb higher but Rhiain Ingram takes off 5lb and his trainer is 4-10 with first-time cheekpieces.

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Dark Episode5.25 Warwick
Dark Episode has underachieved in handicaps and after pulling too hard last time he wears a hood for the first time. Trainer Philip Hobbs is an impressive 5-14 when using the headgear for the first time.

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