Owns the fastest single time in this field — 29.20 back in her prime — but that clocking is from December and her recent runs have been drifting the wrong way, last of six at A4 latest. Nine course and distance runs have yielded just one win, and she's now two-thirds of a second off her own best. The engine was clearly there once; the recent evidence says it isn't firing now.

The course specialist of the field — ten runs at this course and distance with two wins and three places, including an A5 win here in April. He's been freshened since late May and drops back from A4, both reasonable angles. But his last two runs were rated well below his spring peak and his average times have slipped to four lengths off the leaders. Each-way appeal on his record here; needs to bounce back to his April self to win.

On raw ability she might be the best dog in this race — her form average tops the field and she was second at A3 when last seen. The catch is enormous: that last run was in December, seven months ago. Dogs simply don't hold race fitness through that kind of absence, and she has to return in the worst box at the trip, the trap 5 draw that wins barely one in eight at this grade. Respect the ability, fear the rust.

Ten course and distance runs without ever making the first two tells its own story, and his times back it up — the slowest in the field on best, average and latest, a good six lengths adrift of the principals. He ran his best recent race last time out at A4, so he arrives in reasonable heart, but at this track the stopwatch is king and his simply doesn't tick fast enough.