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The Kris Lees trained A Bridge Too Far looks well placed resuming today at Scone in the Scone Outdoors Class 2 Handicap (900m).

The Lees stable has been low-flying this season, training winners at 22% and returning +12.6% profit on turnover, outstanding numbers by anyone’s standards.

They will be out to further bolster those numbers with A Bridge Too Far who is first up at Scone today after 193 days off the scene.

His last run, at Gosford last August, ended with a dose of the dreaded cardiac arrhythmia and unfortunately he also bled which led to an enforced three months on the sideline.

He was a winner first time out at Newcastle last time in, though, and that piece of form reads well for this, particularly if he has come on as expected over his spell.

He has trialled three times in readiness for this and shown himself in good order and there should be little concern betting the stable first up.

Even more impressive than the stables overall numbers this season are the first up numbers. Lees trained horses are winning at 28% first up this season at a whopping +82.6% profit on turnover!

It is also worth noting that the stable kicked off A Bridge Too Far’s career in the last seasons Silver Slipper. From that we can assume that there is a fair opinion of the horse back at home.

His main danger today looks to be the Todd Howlett trained Dame En Rouge, a winner of two of his five starts and also first up from a spell.

Dame En Rouge went to the paddock a winner, scoring with plenty in hand at Port Macquarie, and a recent trial win in lead up today suggested he has come back ready to pick up where he left off.

Reve De Popie won well at Cessnock two back and then looked to go too hard in front last time, just weakening late at Port Macquarie.

He’s capable of giving a good sight from the front today.

The other in the field with the numbers to go closer is Radar Love but he has tended to need a couple of runs to find his form in the past and a similar scenario is easily envisaged today.