Navan

Making his debut from stall 1 — the best possible draw at this course and distance — which gives him a straightforward positional advantage before the race even starts. He's by Wootton Bassett, the same sire as stablemate Sergei Diaghilev, so the breeding is solid. At 9.5, he's priced between the market movers and the outsiders — interesting, but first-time out with nothing to go on.

Making his racecourse debut with nothing on the clock yet — no times, no finishes, no clues from previous races. He's drawn in stall 11, where the stats at this course and distance are less favourable than the low draws. A blank slate at 17/1.

He finished eighth on debut just five days ago and is back racing almost immediately, which is a short turnaround for any horse, let alone a two-year-old. That first run was no great shout either, beaten eight lengths into last place at Roscommon. Hard to see the case for him here.

A complete unknown making his first racecourse appearance, so there's genuinely nothing to work with beyond breeding. Drawn in stall 9, which sits in the mid-range where horses here win less often than those in the low draws. At 34/1, the market isn't expecting much.

He ran once before and finished fourth, beaten just over six lengths at Naas 19 days ago — a respectable debut that puts him ahead of the field's pure first-timers on experience. Stall 8 is at the top end of the low-draw bracket where conditions are most favourable here. He's the only runner with both race experience and a placed-ish finish to his name, which is something, but 29/1 suggests the market isn't overly impressed.

Two races, two struggles — seventh and ninth at the Curragh — and crucially he has never raced on normal ground before today, so this is an unknown variable. He's drawn in stall 10, where the course statistics offer little encouragement. There's no obvious reason to think improvement is coming.

A debut runner with no form to assess, though the hood he's wearing today suggests the team has seen something in him at home that needed managing before his public debut. He's drawn in stall 4, a decent low draw that the stats support. The market at 51/1 isn't backing him, but the hood is an unusual detail worth noting.