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Hope Rising arrives in fine fettle, winning three of her last five starts including her most recent two in a row, and 14 days between runs suggests she is trained to the minute; she has run over today's trip before, and 138 lb is the one query.

Percy Jones is winless in his last five starts but shapes as the clear pick on ratings here, and has run over today's trip and going — the risk is that he has yet to convert that experience into a telling finish.

Ranked last on our figures and carrying 133 lb, La Peregrina faces a stiff ask here, though he arrives in fair nick with a win and two seconds in his last three starts and has experience over today's trip and going.

Celestarak won two starts back and has run over today's trip, with our rating suggesting he holds more than his official mark of 71 implies; the concern is a 54-day absence and that fifth last time out leaves his current form open to question.

Twice a runner-up and third last time out, St Hilda arrives on a retrieval 13 days later with strong placed form in recent starts and has run over today's going before — our rating of 76 marks her as a leading threat, though she remains yet to score and that elusive breakthrough is the key risk.