Sligo

The market favourite at 2.38 despite having just two career races and zero wins — but last time out he finished a very close second (beaten just 0.3 lengths), which shows genuine promise. Turning around immediately after a sixth-place finish is risky, but that second-place run suggests he's competitive at this level and closing in on a breakthrough. Lightly raced at six years old, so there's still potential to improve, though the quick turnaround is a concern.

Only one race on the board and she finished sixth, beaten by nearly 48 lengths, so the data is thin — but she's trained by Willie Mullins, one of Ireland's very best, which counts for something in a wide-open field. The standout issue is that she's never run on normal ground before (her only race was on different going), so this surface is completely unknown territory. At 7.0 odds she's worth considering as an improver in a weak race, but the lack of experience on this ground is a real concern.

Making a racecourse debut at five years old is highly unusual — most horses run for the first time as young animals, so this late starter brings physical maturity to the track that debutants rarely have. The problem is we have absolutely no form to assess, no idea how he'll handle the noise and pressure of a real race, and his the yard haven't set him up for success with a troublesome 1.1-to-13.0 odds collapse. Complete unknown, but the odds suggest confidence has drained from somewhere.

Lightly raced with just two runs and no wins or places, but ran his best effort yet just three weeks ago (4th beaten 42 lengths), suggesting he's starting to find his feet. Gordon Elliott's record with jockey Sam Ewing is excellent (80 wins from 745 races together), which is a major plus in this horse's corner. At 15.0 odds he looks a fair price as an improver who could be coming to hand at the right time.