Uttoxeter

The 26-to-1 outsider of the field, Midnight Pass arrives here having been pulled up — meaning the jockey stopped the horse before finishing — at Market Rasen just 26 days ago. The two runs before that saw her finish fourth on both occasions, beaten a long way, and her form figures across eight career races tell a story of a horse that has never threatened to win. Hard to make a case for her at this price.

On paper, Lipstick Traces is the highest-rated horse in the field — rated 6lbs clear of the next best — which tells you the official assessors think she has more ability than her rivals. The problem is she fell at her most recent race just 10 days ago, and ten career races without a win suggests something always goes wrong at the crucial moment. The class is arguably there, but trust has to be earned.

Orestina is the only horse in this field to have actually won a race, claiming victory at Newcastle earlier this year — a real point of difference in a field full of horses still looking for their first win. However, the two runs since that victory have been poor, finishing 10th and 5th beaten a long way on both occasions, which suggests she may have found her level or hasn't transferred that flat-track form to hurdles consistently. At 41-to-1, the market isn't convinced she can recapture that winning feeling.

Miss The Sting has had just one race in her life — a distant eighth at Southwell — and has then been off the track for 475 days, the longest absence of any horse in this field by a wide margin. Coming back after over a year away with so little experience to draw on is a tough ask, and the odds of 81-to-1 reflect just how much of an unknown quantity she is. One for the notebook rather than the wallet.