Beverley

The standout course specialist in this field — two wins from just five races at Beverley is a remarkable record when you consider this horse has won only three times in its entire career of 37 races. That local knowledge matters, and it has actually won over this exact course and distance before. The concern is recent form: three runs without a finish better than fourth, and those odds drifting sharply from near-evens suggest the market has cooled on its chances today.

With six career wins from 38 races, He's An Angel is one of the more successful horses in this field, but nearly all that brilliance has come on the artificial surface at Wolverhampton — winning 3 from 8 there. The problem is this race is on turf, and this horse has never won on normal or dry ground in 14 attempts across those conditions. Last time out was an eighth-place finish beaten seven and a half lengths, which does nothing to suggest that weakness is about to disappear.

The oldest horse in the race at seven, Golden Prosperity has been running consistently enough in recent weeks with a third and two fourths from its last three outings — the best recent finishing pattern outside of Barmyblade. It has a solid record on normal ground, winning 3 from 19 on that surface, which suits today's conditions. The jockey and trainer have never combined before, which introduces a small unknown into what is otherwise a quietly solid each-way profile.

Comes here on the back of a win at Wetherby 29 days ago and a second at this very course the time before — that is a horse showing real improvement at exactly the right moment. Two good results from two recent Beverley and Wetherby appearances is encouraging, even if the jockey-trainer partnership has yet to win in 14 attempts together. The form makes this one of the more interesting under-the-radar runners in the race.