Third in her last two starts at S7, the grade below this, and her recent form is all at sprint trips after an unsuccessful spell over 525m last summer. She's honest but winless in eight visible runs, sits mid-pack on the clock, and has drawn trap 1 — the box that wins barely one sprint in twenty at this track. Everything about her says minor honours at best.

Ran his best recent race last time — second at A7 over 525m — but that's stayers' form, and his two previous cracks at this course and distance produced nothing. He is comfortably the second-slowest here on sprint times, four lengths or more behind the principals on the clock. The switch back to sprinting looks a placement of hope rather than expectation.

The most experienced course and distance dog here — four runs at this exact trip with a win among them — and he arrives dropping from S5, a grade above tonight. His recent form is patchy, fifth at S5 last time after a run of thirds and placed efforts, and his average times lag a couple of lengths behind his own best. Solid each-way claims from a fair middle draw, but he needs to recapture his June form to win.

Only two career runs, fourth at A7 over 525m and last in a novice event before that, and her single sprint time here is more than a full second slower than the leading pair — that's eight or nine lengths on the clock. She's a baby with time to improve, but tonight the arithmetic is unforgiving. The wide-ish draw at least keeps her out of trouble early.