Harry Bloom Memorial "Brighton Bullet" Handicap Stakes

After a promising third and second in recent starts, The Quiet Gent has experience over today's trip and going, and his rating of 87 marks him out as a lively threat from stall five — though 295 days off the track and a winless recent run of five starts make fitness the key question.

Marcellinus catches the eye with a second two starts back and a winner four starts back, and his consistent recent profile marks him out as the one to beat here. He has run over today's trip and going before, and our rating of 94 heads the field, though the 41-day absence is worth noting.

Tenbob Tommy has winning form in his last two starts but hasn't run in 116 days, and that fitness query is the key unknown; he has experience over today's trip and going, and carries 138 lb from stall 4.

Lequinto has run over today's trip and going, and his recent form reads well — a winner two starts back and second last time out — though he carries 138 lb from stall seven and our rating of 78 ranks him seventh of ten.

Bona Fortuna arrives winless in his last five but has rattled up three seconds in recent starts, and experience over today's trip and ground gives him a live chance from stall one; the concern is a 309-day absence alongside a trainer firing at just 3% lately.