Ascot Hospitality Handicap Stakes

Back-to-back seconds before a winner two starts further back in recent form, Blue Rc brings solid placed consistency to this; he has run over today's trip and going, and a 41-day break should leave him fresh, with our rating of 108 marking him the one to beat from stall 10.

Third last time out after a spell of poor efforts, Classic has run over today's trip and going and his rating of 104 suggests he holds strong claims; the concern is a trainer without a winner in 42 recent attempts.

Ran well to finish second last time out, though a mixed recent record includes one unplaced effort and 62 days off adds a fitness query; has run over today's trip and going, and 136 lb from stall 3 makes him a solid if unspectacular mid-market proposition.

Urban Lion won four starts back, and he has experience of both today's trip and going; however, his two most recent outings have yielded a ninth and an unplaced effort, and recapturing that form after 41 days off is the key question.

Ozat has run over today's trip and going, and a rating of 104 ranks him second of thirteen, marking him out as a genuine danger; the risk is that he's winless in his last six starts, with only a third last time out to cling to.