Du Construction Handicap Hurdle Race

Ernest Gray shaped with plenty of promise when second last time out and has experience of today's trip and going, giving him solid each-way claims; the main concern is a hefty 164 lb to carry.

Roger Pol is the top-rated runner here and his win five starts back gives him the most recent winning form in this line-up; he has run over today's trip and going, and while his last four outings have been below that level, he enters on a fresh 40-day break that could spark a revival.

Winless in his last five starts but a model of consistency with three seconds and two thirds, Secret Trix has experience of today's trip and going and our rating puts him right among the principals; the concern is whether he can convert his habitual placing form into something more decisive.

Kiwi de Cotte arrives on the back of a win last time out, boasts a pulled-up blot aside three wins in his last five starts, and handles today's distance and going; the main concern is a hefty 159 lb to shoulder.

Speed Davis has finished sixth and fifth in his last two starts, making him hard to fancy ranked last on our figures, though he did win three and four starts back and has experience over today's trip and going.