Nottingham

One of the least experienced horses in the race with just three outings under her belt, and no wins yet — but she has placed twice and that second place at Epsom shows she can compete. Her last run at Bath was a poor one, beaten 16 lengths, so she needs to bounce back sharply here.

The editorial pick, and the angle here is straightforward: Jamie Sommers has the best win rate of any horse in this field, and crucially she wins roughly one in four races on normal ground conditions — which is exactly what she faces today. Her last run was a poor eleventh here at Nottingham, but before that she was third and fourth in decent races, and the drop to the lowest weight she has carried could help.

Three races, three sixth-place finishes, and now she steps up three class levels — this is the toughest task she has faced yet, and the form book offers no reason to think the result will improve. Wearing cheekpieces for the first time might help focus her mind, but the record is as thin as it gets.

The key question mark for Mimi's Magic is a straightforward one: she has never raced on normal ground conditions, having done all her racing on artificial all-weather tracks. She has placed in three of five races on those surfaces, so the form is there — but today's turf on a standard surface is genuinely unknown territory for her.

A big outsider at 19.0 with no wins from five races and a recent sixth at Kempton that gives little encouragement. The notable gap in her form — she had a long break between races earlier in her career — and a record that never quite gets her into the mix makes it hard to build a case here.

The most interesting puzzle in the field: Bami carries the highest rating here yet drifted dramatically in the market and has been absent for 175 days — longer than any other runner. She has won one race from four and showed enough quality to finish fourth at a higher level on her last outing, but six months off the track is a significant question mark that the market clearly isn't ignoring.