Summary
This race has seen a relatively wide range of weight and rating related performances in the past decade but there are plenty of strong statistics and none more so than the record of fancied runners in the race with not a single winner returning at a double figure SP which is fairly remarkable given the competitive nature of the race.
Gabrial has proved popular in the ante-post markets but finished out of the frame on his seasonal reappearance in a handicap behind Chapter Seven thus failing to meet one of the key criteria.
Tidentime, Trail Blaze, Frog Hollow, Archbishop and Grey Mirage all tick the majority of the key boxes and it makes sense to concentrate on those just in behind the morning line favourite in the market.
There isn't a great deal to choose between them but, given that the last three winners have been rated in the 80s, the suggestion is Marco Botti's impressive Sandown winner although he does have to overcome a high draw and prove himself under quicker conditions.
