Racingtv/freetrial Handicap Stakes

Ventura Express arrives here having been winless in his last six starts, but he shapes as the one to beat on our ratings, carrying 137 lb from stall one over a trip and going he has experience of, and the 41-day break may have him freshened for a bold bid.

Emperor's Son won four starts back and has experience of today's distance and going, so conditions hold no fears; carrying 136 lb off a six-day turnaround is the concern, with three below-par efforts since that victory making a swift return to form the key question.

Tees Aggregates has been unplaced in three straight starts and ranks fifth of six on our figures, making him difficult to fancy; he has run over today's trip and going before, and a win in his last six starts shows he can find the line, but there is plenty to prove here.

Bravo Hotel posted back-to-back thirds three and four runs back and our rating of 74 marks him out as a genuine threat to the top-rated runner here, with experience over today's trip and conditions an added plus; the concern is that unplaced effort latest and 61 days off the track.

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