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Chris Wilson says Soie D'Leau looks primed to finally get his nose in front this season when he lines up in the big race of the day at Leicester.

Soie D'Leau looks primed to finally get his nose in front this season when he lines up in the big race of the day at Leicester.

Kristin Stubbs' five-year-old is a fine sprinter, yet he has not won since October 2016.

That in no way tells the full story, though, as he has gone close countless times in stronger races than this.

No better was that illustrated than at Haydock last time, when he finished second behind Mayleaf Shine in a class two handicap over five furlongs.

Soie D'Leau had 10 other rivals that day, but he simply bumped into a progressive, better-handicapped animal at the Merseyside circuit.

Stubbs' representative has gone up just 1lb for the Racing UK Handicap, which is far from the end of the world as he won last autumn off a 6lb higher mark.

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A proven operator when the mud is flying, the gelded son of Monsieur Bond utterly deserves a chance of fortune in what looks a perfectly winnable encounter.

It is also interesting to see Tom Queally on board for the first time.

North Yorkshire trainer Ann Duffield will be optimistic that Uncle Charlie can do the business at Hamilton.

The three-year-old son of Vale Of York was perhaps given too much to do on his last start at Catterick a fortnight ago, when he flashed home to take fourth place in a six-furlong handicap.

Before that he was not beaten far at Carlisle in August, so he is clearly in decent form.

Uncle Charlie must carry top weight in this six-furlong handicap, but he is not too badly treated on his winning form at Thirsk in June.

He should not be too perturbed if there is cut in the ground, either.

The six-furlong conditions stakes on the Hamilton card looks interesting, with Al Qahwa taken to shine for the David O'Meara operation.

His fine second in a premier handicap at the Curragh two weeks ago, allied to the fact he won in soft ground at York earlier in the year, is jolly good form.

Golden Wedding ought to go well in a one-mile handicap on the all-weather at Kempton.

Even in spite of having been pinched for room inside the final furlong, the five-year-old son of Archipenko was only beaten a length over course and distance on September 9.

Consistency is very much Golden Wedding's strong suit so it is hard to imagine him regressing in this lower-grade race, in which he is just 1lb higher than his last visit to Sunbury.

SELECTIONS:

HAMILTON: 1.40 Green Howard, 2.10 Chief Justice, 2.45 Uncle Charlie, 3.15 Al Qahwa, 3.50 Sennockian Star, 4.25 Rock N Rolla, 4.55 B Fifty Two.

KEMPTON: 1.50 Iconic Knight, 2.25 Baileys Excelerate, 2.55 Ply, 3.30 Teppal, 4.05 Odyssa, 4.35 Seeking Magic, 5.05 Golden Wedding, 5.35 Solent Meads.

LEICESTER: 2.00 Queen Of Kalahari, 2.35 Kings Academy, 3.05 Beachcomber Bay, 3.40 SOIE D'LEAU, 4.15 Ididitforyoooo, 4.45 Zaria, 5.15 Waves, 5.45 The Groove.

ROSCOMMON: 1.45 South East, 2.15 Bubbly Bellini, 2.50 Solo Saxophone, 3.20 Kandahari, 3.55 Alto Esqua, 4.30 William Du Berlais, 5.00 Massey's Wood, 5.30 Flawless Escape.

DOUBLE: Soie D'Leau and Uncle Charlie.

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