Signposts: Palmer’s Power can strike in first-time hood at Bath

When Mark Grant rides for Julian Smith at Market Rasen, the pair combine for an impressive 43 per cent strike-rate in the past five years. The 13-year-old Iona Days can roll back the years for the pair with conditions to suit in the 4.45.

In the past two years, Hugo Palmer’s overall strike-rate improves from 16 per cent to 35 per cent when a hood is applied for the first time. Power To Exceed, who debuts the headgear, goes in the 8.30 at Bath – a track where the trainer has had five winners from just nine runners.

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