Big Ascot Food & Wine Festival Classified Stakes

Placed third last time out and a winner two starts back, Aalto arrives in solid recent form and has run over today's trip and going, giving him a familiar test; 41 days between runs is worth a note, but the consistent profile makes him our pick from stall four carrying 135 lb.

Third three starts back and a winner on each of the two occasions before that, Best Rate has distance and going experience to call on and arrives fresh enough on nine days' rest; the cold trainer streak — no wins in 42 attempts over 14 days — is the one concern.

Jolly Roger has been a model of consistency, placing second three times and third once in his last five starts, and he has run over today's trip and going before — yet to win in that spell is the concern, and a trainer firing at just 5% over the last 14 days adds to the risk.

Back-to-back wins give Jonny Concrete solid recent momentum and he has run over today's trip and going before, but carrying 135 lb from stall six against stronger company — rated a pound below his official mark — may blunt his chance here.

Veblen Good is the top-rated runner in this field and returns quickly on a seven-day turnaround with experience of today's trip and conditions in his favour, yet he remains winless in his last six starts, and that elusive breakthrough is the key question.