Sporting Times Sri Lanka Handicap

Runner-up in both C&D starts; good record on slow ground and he finished second at Epsom (6f, good) last month; slow starts are a recurring theme though and he turned in a laboured effort at Brighton on Monday.

Seven-time winner; two runs in May were both respectable but he's been absent since; has gone well fresh in the past but whether he wants the ground this testing is a moot point.

Has won on soft ground but this year's best efforts have come on good to firm; ran okay at Goodwood last month but more will be needed this time.

On a dangerous mark now and she has run with credit on her last three starts; cheekpieces return this afternoon (well beaten in them when tried previously); something to prove on slow ground but sire's record on soft/heavy offers hope.

Won three sprint handicaps last summer, including over 5f on heavy ground; down the field in two runs back from a break this summer but latest effort was better and he's a leading contender off a reduced mark.