Close Brothers Handicap

Won last time out having been runner-up in each of its previous two starts — clear improvement with the form still on an upward curve. Has run over today's trip before and is fourth on our figures at 80, though its sample is still just three runs.

Back-to-back wins two and three starts back followed a pair of below-par efforts, and a good second last time out confirms the improvement has stuck. Fit again quickly after just 13 days and clear on our figures at 90, nine pounds up on its official mark of 81.

Yet to win in its last three starts but a third sandwiched between two sevenths hints at ability, and second on our figures at 82. Has run over today's trip before, but a 107-day absence since that effort is the big query.

Yet to win in its last five starts but rarely below fourth, with a third last time out the pick of a consistent recent sequence. Has run over today's trip before and sits third on our figures at 80, with a dip to sixth two starts back the exception.

A third last time out capped a steady improvement from a seventh two starts before that. Has run over today's trip before, but a lengthy 184-day absence since and bottom spot on our figures at 66 leave plenty to prove.