Racing Welfare Handicap

In-form 8yo who had a near-miss at Pontefract (5f, good) on his penultimate run and was a fair third there last time; remains well treated on old form and he's respected on this drop back in grade; all wins have come on good/good to firm but he's effective on good to soft.

Five-time course winner on good or slower; has been generally disappointing this season but he's on a reduced mark and ran well to finish third here (7.6f, good to soft) last Saturday; has claims if he can build on that and his penultimate win was over 5f.

3yo who hit a personal best when scoring at Doncaster (6f, good) on penultimate run, but he never got involved off this revised mark at Windsor 12 days ago; still has low mileage but he's not easy to predict and needs to kick on again after that last run.

Won at Chepstow (6f, good to firm) in July but that was a narrow success in a small field and things have not gone well in three runs since; still above last winning mark and this looks tough from a wide draw on his first run at Chester.

Recorded her sixth win when making all at Haydock (5f, good) in July but she's not gone on from that in three runs since; ran respectably at Haydock last time but she looks weighted near her best off this mark and could be vulnerable again.