Kempton

Another first-timer with no race record to judge, but the breeding points firmly towards speed — by Harry Angel, a top-level sprinter, out of a Kodiac mare, another sire famous for producing quick, precocious youngsters. James Fanshawe is a trainer who knows how to place a horse, and his jockey partnership with Daniel Muscutt has produced wins from roughly 1 in 6 races together, which is a solid record. One to watch on debut at a reasonable price.

A debut runner with no form to assess, trained by Sir Mark Prescott, one of the most statistically minded trainers in Britain with a long reputation for placing horses exactly where they can win. The breeding is less obvious for this surface — Waldgeist is better known for middle-distance turf horses than sharp all-weather sprints — which raises a genuine question about whether six furlongs on slow polytrack is the ideal starting point. Drawn in stall two, right in the low draw range that performs best here, which helps.

Also flagged by the editorial team as one of the standout types among the debutants, which is notable given how many unknowns fill this field. By Sergei Prokofiev, a sire known for producing fast, early-maturing youngsters, out of a Lethal Force mare — another speed influence — the breeding points squarely at a horse built to run over six furlongs on an all-weather surface. The concern is practical: stall eleven puts her in the high draw range where horses win only 6% of races at this course and distance, the worst bracket on the track.

A first-time runner with nothing to judge on paper, stepping onto a racecourse for the very first time. The breeding has some appeal — Inns Of Court as sire, with a Dark Angel dam who is one of the most reliable sources of fast two-year-olds in Britain — but this horse is a 23-1 shot and must be treated as an unknown quantity until shown otherwise. Drawn in stall three, which sits in the low draw range that has the best record at this course and distance.

The most experienced horse in the field with two races under his belt, but the record so far reads tenth then fourth — a tough start, though both runs came on ground conditions different from today's slow surface. Drawn in stall ten, which is in the high draw range where horses win only 6% of races at this course and distance — the worst position on the track statistically. Needs improvement on what he has shown so far and faces a difficult draw to overcome.

The longest-priced runner in the field at 29-1, stepping onto a racecourse for the very first time with nothing to go on beyond the breeding. By Pinatubo, a well-regarded sire, out of a Zebedee mare associated with sharp, early-maturing horses, the pedigree at least suggests she could be ready to run at two. The odds reflect her status as the biggest unknown in an already unknown-heavy field.