Joe Cooney Memorial Hurdle

Winless in his last five starts and pulling up two outings back are obvious concerns, but Drumgill has experience over today's trip and going, and a rating of 129 gives him a live each-way claim; a trainer running at 0/21 in the last 14 days is the key risk.

Winless in his last five starts and with a trainer currently without a winner in 14 days, the risks are real — yet he has experience over today's trip and going, our rating of 132 ranks him second of the five, and 29 days off gives connections time to plot a revival. Wait, I need to re-examine this. The instruction says to make a positive case first, then note the single main risk. Let me also check: "never describe a horse as 'placed' or

Rocky's Diamond has run over today's trip and going, and at 156 lb he asks plenty of questions after a pull-up ten days ago — yet he remains the top-rated runner here and, winless in his last five starts notwithstanding, looks the one to beat on our assessment.

Winless in his last two starts, finishing sixth and fourth, Rememberwhat looks up against it here ranked last on our figures; he does have experience of today's going, though at 152 lb that weight burden makes a turnaround tough to envisage.

Pets Georgina arrives on the back of back-to-back wins and has run over today's trip and going, giving her some hope of completing a hat-trick 22 days fresh — though a trainer cold streak of 0 from 21 over the past fortnight is the one cloud over her claims.