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We can’t see past Cyclop for the Surrey National at Lingfield, where the 13-2 shot gives Aidan Coleman a fine chance

Cyclop – a horse with two eyes, despite his name – is on a National trail again. Not the Aintree one, but Monday’s Surrey National at Lingfield. David Dennis’s seven-year-old was a specialist at this pursuit in 2017, winning the Lincolnshire National at Market Rasen on Boxing Day, after finishing second in the Southern National at Fontwell in November, second in the Cambridgeshire National at Huntingdon in March, and second in the Somerset National at Wincanton in January.

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Fergal O’Brien 45% (11)
Sue Smith 40% (10)
Dr Richard Newland 38% (8)
Emma Lavelle 30% (10)
Kerry Lee 29% (7)
Alan King 26% (31)
Ben Pauling 25% (24)
Warren Greatrex 25% (20)
Ruth Jefferson 25% (8)
Colin Tizzard 24% (29)
Charlie Longsdon 23% (13)
Peter Bowen 22% (9)
Nicky Henderson 21% (34)
Nigel Twiston-Davies 20% (30)
Nick Williams 18% (11)
Neil Mulholland 17% (29)
Donald McCain 17% (18)
Tim Vaughan 17% (12)
Dan Skelton 16% (37)
Lucinda Russell 16% (19)
Oliver Sherwood 15% (13)
David Pipe 14% (21)
Venetia Williams 14% (21)
Nicky Richards 14% (7)
Paul Nicholls 12% (34)
Ian Williams 9% (22)
Tom George 9% (11)
Gary Moore 8% (36)
Kim Bailey 8% (12)
Philip Hobbs 6% (16)
Evan Williams 0% (23)
Jonjo O’Neill 0% (16)
Harry Fry 0% (11)
Brian Ellison 0% (4)
Rebecca Curtis 0% (3) 

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