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Knightmare arrives here in good heart after a win two starts back and a runner-up finish last time out, and he has experience of today's distance and going to call upon. Drawn in stall five carrying 138 lb, he makes plenty of appeal at a mark of 54.

City Escape won eight days ago and arrives in cracking nick, with experience of today's trip and going working in her favour; the danger is that her recent record shows that victory was a rare highlight, with only one win in her last six starts.

Typeface has shown consistent improvement in his last five starts, finishing third in each of his two most recent outings, and he has run over today's trip and going before; drawn in stall two carrying 134 lb, the main risk is that he remains yet to win in recent starts.

Celebrating Ethel won last time out, which is the most eye-catching thing in her favour, but her overall recent form is modest — four of her last six starts yielded single-figure finishes — and she ranks near the foot of our assessments here, making her hard to fancy at face value.

Yet to win in his last six starts, Tiger Beetle at least showed some form with a third two starts back, though a fifth last time out is the latest chapter in a patchy sequence; he has run over today's trip and going before, but 133 lb from stall eight is no light task.