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Wherearethejudges has distance experience to call on and, rated 100, sits close to the top of the rankings here, making him a serious threat on his day; yet the pulled-up effort last time and a 219-day absence leave fitness the key question for this winless gelding.

Burning It Up shaped with promise when second two starts back, and his going and distance experience reads well here, but 225 days off the track and a hefty 161 lb to carry leave fitness the one question mark for this top-rated gelding, winless in his last five starts.

Hawkseye View has a win to his name within his recent form and returns here in good order just 16 days later, with experience of today's trip and conditions working in his favour; the concern is that his last four outings have produced an eighth, a fourth, an unplaced run and a fall, so recapturing that winning form is the key question.

Walk On Son has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 92 suggests he holds genuine claims as the fourth-ranked runner in this field of nine, but his recent string of poor efforts — including two pull-ups in his last five starts — makes him a risky proposition after 122 days off the track.

Delgany Second Now arrives on the back of three consecutive wins and a trainer firing at 27% in the last fortnight, which are the genuine positives, but he is ranked seventh of nine on our figures and carries 155 lb, making him hard to fancy at these weights despite his recent hat-trick.