Heineken Handicap Stakes

Two Tempting heads this field on our ratings and shaped with promise when fourth two starts back and third four and five starts back, though he remains yet to score in recent starts; experience over today's trip and going, plus 135 lb to shoulder from stall 5, make this a genuine test.

Gun Carriage has run over today's trip and going before, but has been winless in his last five starts and returns after a 194-day absence, which must raise fitness doubts; the consistent fourth-place finishes suggest talent without the edge to clinch it.

Tribal Chief has shown consistency at this level, with two thirds in recent starts giving him a solid placed profile, and he has experience over today's trip and conditions with 130 lb from stall 8; the risk is that he has been winless in his last five starts and must reverse a run of below-par finishes.

Winless in his last six starts, Oliver Show is nonetheless a genuine threat here — that second two starts back underlines his ability on his day, and he has experience of today's trip and conditions. Carrying 129 lb from stall two, the main risk is reproducing that level consistently.

Winless in his last six starts, Storm Star nonetheless catches the eye with a second four starts back and returns fit on 11 days' rest, with experience over today's distance and going and a rating of 101 suggesting he holds unexposed potential; the risk is that recent efforts have been disappointing.