Spirit Of Adjisa will carry top weight in the William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton on Saturday.
Tim Vaughan‘s eight-year-old has been sparingly campaigned since his Grade One victory at Punchestown last May – appearing once on the level and once more over hurdles.
The Philip Hobbs-trained Featherbed Lane is just 1lb below him in the weights following two good wins this season at Ascot and Aintree. David Pipe’s Decoy was two and a quarter lengths behind him at Ascot, but reopposes on much better terms.
One that has been well backed this week is Swincombe Flame, trained by Nick Williams. The Devon handler was worried she might not get into the race, but enough horses above her have come out to enable her to run.
Emma Lavelle saddles Well Regarded, while Colin Tizzard’s Ohio Gold will be partnered by the in-form Brendan Powell jnr. Paul Nicholls is represented by Domtaline and American Trilogy, while Barry Geraghty has been booked for the Dr Richard Newland-trained Act Of Kalanisi.
The unexposed Eastlake goes for Jonjo O’Neill, with El Dancer set to return over hurdles following two unsuccessful runs over fences. El Dancer is, however, also engaged at Warwick.
Nicky Henderson is responsible for Rajdhani Express and Busker Royal, but Paul Webber has decided against running Alasi, who will instead take up an engagement in a novice chase on the same card.
Tags: Barry Geraghty, Brendan Powell, Colin Tizzard, David Pipe, El Dancer, Emma Lavelle, Featherbed Lane, Grade One, horse, ID, Nick Williams, Nicky Hen, Nicky Henderson, OK, PA, Paul Nicholls, Paul Webber, Philip Hobbs, Tim Vaughan
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