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Recent recruit Yuften primed for big effort
Roger Charlton, trainer of Balmoral Handicap winner YuftenCredit: Edward Whitaker
4.25 AscotBalmoral Handicap | 3yo + | 1m | Class 2 | CH4/RUK
Roger Charlton bids to win one of the richest handicaps of the year with a horse he is still getting to know, and the markets suggest he has a favourite's chance of doing so.
Yuften was an eye-catching fourth at Newmarket last month on his first start for the stable, and bookmakers have him heading the market alongside improving three-year-old Morando, just ahead of Firmament and Afjaan.
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