Core Group Handicap Stakes

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Musical Soldier arrives in fine nick — a winner last time out and placed in three of his five starts before that — and has run over today's trip and going before. Drawn in stall two carrying 135 lb, he looks the one to beat off a mark of 60.

Fulford Cross has been out of the frame in his last four starts and, rated 50 on our figures, looks the one to beat for the minor honours at best; he has run over today's trip before, and a win five starts back shows he can find the line.

Winless in his last six starts, Mighty Ruler does bring distance and going experience to the table, and a third three starts back shows he can get competitive; the fall two starts back is a concern, though he returns in reasonable order at 25 days and lines up from stall one.

Winless in his last five starts, Jackson Street nonetheless shows a second in recent form and has run over today's trip and going before — the concern is whether he can convert promise into a podium finish from stall seven carrying 134 lb.