Goffs Two Million Series Handicap

Runner-up in first-time cheekpieces (retained since) at Sandown in May (1m; albeit no match for the winner); well beaten in the Royal Hunt Cup next time but it was close to a career best when beaten a head in 16-runner handicap at Glorious Goodwood (1m1f, good) last month; back up 3lb but he acts on a testing surface and warrants firm consideration.

Lightly raced 4yo who goes well in the mud; ran to a good level in his first three handicaps but then suffered a heavy 90l defeat when prominent in the market for the Northern Dancer handicap at Epsom (1m4f, good) on Derby day; absent since, while the experiment with cheekpieces is swiftly abandoned; could bounce back.

Promising start for this yard when beaten 3l at Meydan in January before winning an Abu Dhabi handicap (1m, good) with more in hand than the winning margin; respectable fifth back at Meydan in February but below that form at that track the following month; first start for 194 days and the market may help to assess his prospects.

Exposed handicapper whose recent best has come on AW; down the field in the Lincoln at Doncaster in March (1m, good to soft) and finished last in the Goodwood's Golden Mile (soft) last time; this is easier but safer to look elsewhere.

Had a fine spell on AW in the first half of the year but his form took a big plunge when last of ten at Epsom (8.5f, good to soft) in June; weakened into mid-division at Kempton (1m, AW; 50-1) 11 days ago on his only start since; might build on that but others are more persuasive.