The reliable one. Second in both his A2 starts, a winner twice at A4 before that, and placed in five of his seven course-and-distance runs — he almost never runs a bad race, with ratings of 65 or better in each of his last six. His 29.07 best leaves him a length or two shy of the two principals on raw pace, which is likely the difference between winning and placing here. Trap 4 is a fair box at this grade. The safest each-way play in the race.

Her course record demands respect — five wins from ten runs over this course and distance, the best strike rate in the field, including an A2 win just two starts back rated 94. But two of her last four have been rated in the 40s and 50s, and she's drawn in trap 5, which has produced the fewest winners of any box at this grade. On her best day she beats all of these; the draw and the inconsistency mean you're guessing which day this is.

Steps up sharply in class after an 84-rated win at A5 last week — his third course-and-distance win — and his 29.05 last time was quick for that level. But this is A2, three grades harder, against dogs who post those figures routinely. His previous form in A4 company was honest without winning, and trap 6 has been a poor box at this grade. Improving and fearless, but this asks a lot more than last week did.

Draws the best box in the race — trap 2 has won 23% at this grade, comfortably the strongest pattern — and Rosemary Price's 35% kennel is the best strike rate of any trainer here. That's the good news. The clock is the bad news: his best time is over a third of a second slower than the principals' and his last two runs at this grade brought a fourth and a fifth. He's won two of six course-and-distance starts, but both came at much lower grades. The box keeps him interesting; the engine looks short of this level.