Newbury

He ran just 13 days ago at Newmarket and finished second, so he arrives here fresher in form than most rivals — that's a useful boost for a horse with only three races under his belt. Both he and My Love Is King are described as dropping three classes from their usual level, which sounds like a big advantage but may simply reflect that lightly raced three-year-olds are hard to place. His high draw in stall 11 is a mild concern at this track.

The form horse in the field — he's won his last two races back-to-back, at Southwell and Doncaster, and has placed in three of his four most recent runs. He wears blinkers, which have clearly helped sharpen his focus, and he's drawn in stall five which puts him in the favoured low-draw bracket. The only question is whether that momentum translates against rivals rated higher than those he's been beating.

Joint-lowest rated alongside Pearl River, sitting ten points below the field average, but he won at Ascot just seven days ago and comes here on the back of three consecutive top-three finishes. Racing again so quickly after a win is bold, but it also means he arrives in the form of his life — and a low draw in stall four plays right into the course's bias. He's dropping two classes from his usual level, which could give him an edge if the quick turnaround hasn't taken the edge off him.

The second-highest rated horse in the field and ridden by Ryan Moore, who teams up with this trainer at a rate of roughly one win in every three races together — one of the most formidable partnerships in the sport. The big concern is that he hasn't raced in 210 days, and he'll be wearing cheekpieces for the first time to sharpen his focus on return. He's drawn in the middle of the field, which is less ideal than a low draw at this course and distance.