EWGA Handicap Hurdle Race (GBB Race)

Al Sayah landed a win three starts back and has run over today's trip and going, with our rating of 126 marking her a leading contender; the concern is a 45-day absence carrying 168 lb.

Shallow River showed his class with a win four starts back and was back in the frame with a third two starts back, and carrying a hefty 168 lb is the one weight concern for a gelding our ratings put narrowly top of these rivals.

Ranked bottom but one on our figures and carrying a hefty 167 lb, Divilabother is hard to fancy at the weights, though he has winning form in his last six starts and has run over today's going before.

Imperial Merlin catches the eye as a winner in his most recent completed start, and he has experience of today's distance and going; the concern is 167 days off the track, leaving fitness the key question for this threat.

Kayf Dancer won two starts back but has since finished sixth, and 107 days off the track is a fitness query at this weight of 164 lb; he has experience of today's going, though his rating of 121 leaves him mid-pack in this field.