William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race)

Third two starts back and a winner five starts back, Haku has solid recent form to build on, and he has experience of today's trip and conditions; at 135 lb, the weight is the one factor to overcome.

Astro King heads this 11-runner field on ratings and shaped with fair merit when fourth last time out, though he remains winless in recent starts; back within a workable 16 days and carrying 135 lb over a trip he has tackled before, he is the one to beat.

King's Code won three starts back and returns on a handy 23-day turnaround with experience of today's trip and conditions and a rating of 97 putting him firmly among the dangers; the worry is two consecutive eighths since that victory.

Whitcombe Rockstar won back-to-back races earlier in this sequence and ran a solid second three starts back, giving him a strong recent profile, and he has experience of today's trip and conditions; the concern is 72 days off the track without a run since.

Topteam was second two starts back and got off the mark four starts back, so the ability is there, but he comes into this unplaced last time and a lengthy 98-day absence to overcome, making him a fascinating if uncertain each-way proposition at a hefty 131 lb.