Lodge At The National Stud Handicap Stakes

Rogue Encore won five starts back and rates a workable 87, third-best in this field, having also run over today's trip and going before. But he has been well held since - unplaced in two of his last three starts either side of a ninth - and a 106-day absence adds a real fitness question.

Mythical Guest returned to form with a third last time out just eight days ago, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Though yet to score in this sequence, the level of his placed efforts leaves him the highest-rated of these seven at 88 and the one to beat on figures.

Elan d'Or strung together back-to-back wins three and four starts back, but that promising sequence faded to fifth and then unplaced in his last two starts. He has run over today's trip and going before and holds an official mark of 87, with a rating of 84 here reflecting the recent form dip.

Lady Mariko won five starts back but has since been well held, twice unplaced and twice sixth in the four starts since, including last time out. She has run over today's trip and going before, but bottom of the weights here on a rating of 80, she needs a big reversal of recent form.

Silca Bay has been fairly consistent, with three fourths and a win in his last five starts, though a below-par run four starts back is the outlier. He has run over today's trip and going before and his trainer is among the in-form yards at 26 percent in the last fortnight, some encouragement on a modest rating of 81.