Lady Buttons, the favourite, is an absentee from what is, from a punter’s perspective, probably the most interesting race of the day at Leicester, but it is even more competitive as a result, with Allee Bleue now heading the market at 5-1 and all but two of the 12 remaining runners priced at 16-1 or less.
There are all sorts of possibilities to consider, but Expedite (3.10) makes most appeal at his current price of 15-2. Ben Pauling’s runner returns to hurdles after two disappointing runs over fences, most recently when he was brought down at the sixth in a race at Wincanton on Boxing Day that was subsequently declared void when none of the runners finished.
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