Wolverhampton

La Kosmos arrives as the lightest-weighted horse in the field, which in a race like this means the handicapper considers her the least accomplished — and three races with no wins or places backs that up. She hasn't raced for four months, and this is the first time she'll partner this jockey, so there are plenty of unknowns. With finishes of 7th, 4th, and 6th to her name, she needs a significant step forward to get involved here.

The big question here is fitness: Suhub hasn't raced for over eight months, the longest absence of any horse in this field. When last seen, the form was poor — beaten 45 lengths at Chelmsford — though the two runs before that showed genuine promise with a second and a third. Seven races and no wins tells its own story, but this is a horse that needs to prove it's ready to run, not just turn up.

Quilt is lightly raced with just four outings, so there's still room for improvement, and a third place at Bath 19 days ago shows she's fit and running. She carries a decent rating of OR 66 for a horse yet to win, and the trainer-jockey combination of Ed Walker and Tom Marquand has produced nearly 50 wins together — one of the stronger pairings in this field. That said, no wins from four races and a draw in stall 9 — where high-drawn horses here win less often — means she has things to prove.

Alkumatic Jo Jo is one of the joint highest-rated horses in the field at OR 68, and ran a clear-cut second at Haydock just 10 days ago, showing she's in good form right now. Seven races in and still no win, but she's finished in the top four every single time — a record of consistent placing that few rivals here can match. The favourable draw in stall 1, where low-drawn horses perform best at this course and distance, gives her an extra edge.

Phaedra has three career wins and ran a promising second at Southwell just two months ago, so the raw ability is there. The worry is that she has never won on the normal ground conditions on offer today — zero wins from nine races on this surface — and her best form has come on fast, dry ground. The wide draw in stall 10 doesn't help either, as horses drawn high at this course and distance win less often.

Semper Femina has only raced three times and has never run on normal ground before — a genuine unknown heading into today. Her last two runs were poor, beaten 13 and 14 lengths, though she did show promise on debut with a second place. With only three runs to go on, she's one of the hardest horses in this field to assess, and the step up to normal conditions adds another layer of uncertainty.