Gents Evening Saturday 24th October Handicap Stakes

Ranked bottom three on our figures and rated below his official mark, Classy Clarets faces a stiff ask, though his recent sequence — second last time out after four wins in his last six — at least signals he arrives in fine fettle, with distance and going experience adding modest encouragement.

Hierarchy has run over today's trip and going and shaped with enough promise to earn a top rating among these twelve, and at 135 lb from stall 12, he goes into this fresh enough on a 16-day break — though yet to win in recent starts, he is the one to side with.

Winless in her last three starts and ranked bottom of this field on our figures, Marianne Mozart faces a stiff task, though she has run over today's distance and going before and 31 days between runs suggests she arrives fresh.

Travel Agent has experience over today's trip and ground, and his second in recent starts offers some encouragement, but he has been winless in his last six outings and that sequence of fifths and sevenths suggests he is capable of mixing it midfield rather than threatening at the finish.

Sole Spirit returns from a lengthy 354-day absence, which makes him very hard to trust despite a sharp recent profile of three wins in his last four starts; he has run over today's trip and going before, but ranked tenth of twelve on our figures, he faces a stiff task on reappearance.