Hawk Mountain has had 3 runs to qualify for a handicap rating. I see that he makes his handicap debut over a much longer trip than he has tackled before and this may bring out some improvement in him. He runs off a mark of only 53 in the 4.15 at Pontefract. Patthepainter has gone up 5 lbs for a win at Beverly where first time blinkers seemed to do the trick while Princess Maria may be a bit better than she has shown previously.
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