Won chase debut at Sedgefield (2m5f, good; from 2lb lower) in April but has posted form figures of PUP since; it's difficult to know what to expect, but he does revert to hurdles at an appropriate level and has run well here (second and third) in the past.
Continues to slide in the weights, now 10lb below his last winning mark (2m4f, Hexham); Kelso fourth (2m5f; in first-time blinkers) was okay but his latest Hexham effort (2m) was a poor one; plenty to prove, particularly over 3m.
Narrow Down Royal winner (3m, good to yielding) last October, prior to career-best third at Ascot (3m;) the following month; less competitive in 2026, beaten 26l over C&D latest; cheekpieces fitted with renewed spark needed.
Pounced late at Newcastle (2m1f, good to soft) in February 2025; steadily working back after a lengthy absence, with his Uttoxeter third (2m4f) last time a creditable effort; stamina reserves untested over 3m.
Perth regular, with three course wins, including from 3lb higher in this last year; plugged on from an impossible position to finish a modest third over C&D (Creadan Grace fifth) 25 days ago; he's into the twilight of his career, so others make more appeal.
Defied the market drift to make a winning handicap debut over 2m4f here (good to soft; in added cheekpieces) in May; despite being a beaten 11-10 favourite, she ran just as well when third over 3m (off this mark) at Uttoxeter latest; leading contender.
Runner-up in a point; six-race rules maiden, soundly beaten in novice and maiden company (2m-2m4f) and faring no better - forward move petered out - on recent handicap debut at Hexham; tackles a new trip (rules) with Derek Fox back aboard.
Had tumbled down the weights, with no win since September 2023, until springing a 66-1 surprise over 2m4f here (good to soft) in May; retains handicapping scope from this mark (5lb higher) but it remains to be seen if he's in the same fettle over 3m; chance.
15-race maiden; beaten when nearly unshipping her rider two out over C&D on penultimate start; did too much in front, weakening from the last, at Hexham (3m, good; fifth of 11) subsequently; Brian Hughes is booked so, if ridden with more restraint, she isn't discounted.
0-7; pulled up in three of his last four, including at odds of 300-1 at Musselburgh (2m, soft) last December; hood added, but he surely isn't the solution off a 206-day break from 9lb out of the handicap.
1/5 Odds Place 1,2,3
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