Worcester

Ollie Murphy's LEXINGTON WOOD found Kempton's Dovecote too tough an ask on his first go over hurdles but shaped well when a clear second in a Perth maiden subsequently and can go one better here. Dan Skelton saddles four and his fairly useful ex-German Flat winner Northern Olympian (second choice) could prove the pick and rates the chief threat, although fellow hurdling newcomers Cowboy Casanova, King Rolo and Spanish Darling all merit respect in an intriguing maiden.[Peter Entwistle]