Thirsk Racecourse Ideal Conference & Events Venue Handicap Stakes (Div I)

Wreck It Ryley showed real promise with a third two starts back, and he returns on a sharp 15-day turnaround with experience of today's distance and going in his favour; yet to score in recent starts, but his rating of 82 makes him hard to dismiss.

Kosometsuke won four starts back but has since posted a fifth, eighth, and fourth in his last three, and at 81 days off the track he arrives short of recent match practice; he has run over today's trip and carries 137 lb from stall two.

Misunderstood has been knocking at the door, finishing second last time out after a string of near-misses, and he has experience over today's trip and conditions; carrying 135 lb from stall six is the chief concern for a gelding yet to win in his last six starts.

Andesite has been placed three times in his last six starts, including back-to-back seconds four and five starts back, and he has experience of today's trip and conditions; the main risk is his last two outings have yielded only a fifth and seventh.

Mythical Phoenix has experience of today's trip and conditions, and our rating of 81 suggests he holds more ability than his official mark of 77 implies; winless in his last five starts, though, and that persistent lack of a finish is the concern.