Won last time at B3 450m with an impressive performance rating of 58 — comfortably the best recent effort of any runner in this field at these actual conditions. His form of first, second, third, second, fourth shows consistency and the upward trajectory across his last three runs is particularly encouraging with ratings of 44, 46 and then that 58. A fader by nature who gets to the front early, and at 450 metres on a fair track that's a riskier profile than at sprints — but the quality of his last run suggests he has the reserves to hold on. Drawn in the structurally best box at 23.8% from 252 runs and his suitability scores are solid across the board. Trained by S J L Lapidge at 20%.