Frameclad Handicap Stakes

Palmar Bay shaped with real promise when third last time out, returns fit on 26 days' rest, and has run over today's trip and going before, giving his claims solid grounding; the main risk is that he remains winless in recent starts.

Invictus Gold has run over today's trip and going, carries a workable 139 lb from stall 2, and our rating of 101 marks him out as a leading threat in this field — though he is winless in his last five starts, including an unplaced effort last time, and that inconsistency is the chief concern.

Northern Express shaped as the one to beat here, winning two starts back and recording a placed effort last time out, and he has experience of both today's trip and conditions; the 138 lb burden is the one query, but his rating of 105 marks him out as the class act in a field of 14.

He's A Monster arrives on the back of a win last time out and has experience over today's trip and conditions, with an official rating of 97; the one concern is that 369-day absence, which must be overcome fresh.

Winless in his last five starts, Bobby Bennu does at least bring distance and going experience to the table, and a second two runs back hints at some ability; however, he has struggled for consistency and faces a stiff task from a mark of 94 carrying 135 lb.