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Good Boy Bobby looks perfect for Plate after mixing it with the best
Good Boy Bobby (left): worth a shot back left-handed, as his last four runs that way round resulted in three wins and a close secondCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)
Good Boy Bobby (Nigel Twiston-Davies)
Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate
RPR 157, OR 146
This straightforward sort has mixed it with the best novices around this season. His key piece of form came at Cheltenham in December, when he set a fair pace before making Mister Fisher fight to win by a length and a quarter.
That rival is now fancied for the Arkle and Marsh Chase, yet Good Boy Bobby finished close to him and pulled 15 lengths clear of Beakstown while carrying 5lb more than anything else in the race.
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