Dearing Plastics Celebrating 40 Years Handicap Stakes

Shimmering Sands won back-to-back races earlier in this sequence and ran third last time out to advertise solid current form, and with distance experience and a 22-day break leaving him fresh, the main query is whether 142 lb will anchor his chance from stall 10.

Third last time out and a second five starts back, Project Geofin returns on a quick 14-day turnaround having run over today's trip before, and his rating of 82 marks him as the one to beat from stall 11 off 142 lb, though he remains winless in recent starts.

Everyoneknowsadave arrives on the back of a win two starts back and a placed effort three starts back, bringing solid recent form and distance experience to the table; the risk is that a fourth last time out shows he does not always fire, and 142 lb is a stern test.

Ciao Capo won last time out and has run over today's trip and going before, giving him solid claims, though a sixth two starts back interrupts the sequence and 133 lb is no featherweight ask from stall seven.

Rapide Vega won last time out and returns fit on just 12 days' rest, with experience of both today's trip and going; at 133 lb from stall one, the weight is the one factor worth watching.