Everything about this dog's profile screams pick. Won here last week in a scorching 28.73 adjusted, leading every yard of the way and pulling clear in devastating fashion. That was his second consecutive course and distance win following a victory at Hove over 500m in OR2 company, and his upward trajectory is plain to see with recent efforts of 96 and 91 on the performance scale. From trap 1 he will aim to break fast — and he breaks fast nearly every time — grab the rail, and simply burn them off before the bend. His sectional of 3.83 last time was comfortably the quickest in this field, and at Towcester where the first bend decides open races, that early speed from the red box is a potent weapon. Has also trialled well, clocking 28.59 at Monmore, and there is the sense of a progressive young dog going places.