Sandown Placepot: Friday December 7

Sandown racetrack

Timeform's Shahin Khoshsokhan is targeting Sandown for Friday's crack at the Placepot...

12.40 - British hurdles winners Juno The Muffinman and Dollar Bill have much more on their plate this time against a couple of French imports from top yards in the shape of Valco de Touzaine and Another Sensation, and it's hard not to see at least one of the new recruits making the frame. 

13.10 - Wings of Smoke is bound to be popular given he's unpenalised for his win at Newbury last week, but there's always a chance that he'll find this coming too soon, and he meets a couple of sure-fire improvers in Sustainability and Thanks For Coming, both of whom already look as good over fences as they did over hurdles.

13.45 - Taquin du Seuil has obvious claims after pulling clear of the rest with top prospect My Tent Or Yours at Ascot last time and could be worth banking on to help save lines later on.

14.20 - We have to pick the winner in this given there's only four runners. It's not as easy as it sounds, however, as none of the runners can be ruled out with confidence, so i'm going to include them all and hope the outsider comes out on top.

14.55 - This looks quite an open event for amateur riders but the two worth including are Dashing George, who has won over this course and distance and has shaped well on both his starts since returning from an absence, and Monkerty Tunkerty, who looks potentially well handicapped and has the assistance of the very capable Joshua Guerriero.

15.30 - Tanerko Emery has got better with each run this year and he appears the best option having come second in a much more competitive handicap than this at Cheltenham last month. A possible outsider to include is Gigondas, whose handicap debut at Hereford last time was too bad to be true, and looks on a fair mark on his previous form.

Selections:
12:40 - 2, 4
13:10 - 2, 6
13:45 - 4
14:20 - 1, 2, 3, 4
14:55 - 6, 9
15:30 - 1, 15
= 64 lines

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