Sheldrake Training Limited 'train An Apprentice' Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)

Magnatura shaped with promise when third two starts back and has experience of today's trip and going, with our rating marking him out as the pick of these nine; the concern is that he was unplaced last time.

Ranked seventh of nine on our figures and with a trainer striking at just five per cent in the last fortnight, Fans Favourite is hard to fancy at the weights despite two wins in his last five starts and experience over today's distance and going.

Empirical arrives on the back of back-to-back wins and has run over today's trip and going, but a struggling trainer at 5% over the past fortnight is a concern, and 135 lb from stall nine is no easy task.

Winning last time out and back within three weeks in good order, Edwin Hubble arrives on a clear retrieval of form; he has run over today's trip and going before, and carrying 135 lb from stall one, his overall profile makes him our pick here.

Livemore won last time out but our rating of 68 ranks him bottom of nine in this field, and a fifth two starts back hints at inconsistency; the 135 lb burden adds another obstacle, though he does arrive with going experience in his favour.