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Ryan Searle is ranked fifty-one places higher than his opponent. The last two meetings between these players have both been won by Ryan Searle. With Landman coming into this game on the back of two defeats, take Searle to prevail once again.

Latenightpass won this race in 2023 when trained by Dan Skelton with Gina Andrews riding. Today the same jockey is onboard, but with a different trainer, and he races off a mark two pounds higher than in 2023. Latenightpass is two pounds lower than when finishing third in this race last year. Following wind surgery, Latenightpass finished seventh on his seasonal reappearance at Cheltenham, where he was going well until running out of steam. With that run behind him and a two-pound drop in weight, Latenightpass should run much better today.

Ross Smith is ranked one hundred and twelve places higher than the bearded Andreas Harrysson. In his last match he lost to Luke Littler, but prior to that he only dropped one game in a best-of-eleven match against Ron Meikle, who is ranked at sixty-two.

This tournament has been held sixteen times, and no one has won it more than once. Shaun Murphy is yet to win this tournament but is the only player to register a maximum 147 break. This tournament is something of a lottery, and Shaun Murphy looks to have as good a chance as anyone.