KIRILENKO got off the mark on second handicap run in determined fashion at Windsor over 1m. There could be further improvement in store with confidence high and can go back-to-back with an unexposed all-weather profile for leading connections.

GOOD RISK AT ALL continued his upward trajectory with an easy handicap hurdle success reappearing at Carlisle over 2m4f. He’s been raised 6lb subsequently but appears to have more to give, especially raised in distance with the potential of further progress as a son of a stamina-influencing sire.

A cracking event where SO SCOTTISH can prove a strong candidate on first handicap outing over fences after scoring on both novice chase runs. He beat a future winner at Perth last time and looks to have something in hand from a mark of 135, especially with the jockey’s 5lb claim taken into account.

HOUSTON TEXAS is a thoroughly progressive type who bids to deliver a fourth consecutive handicap chase success, upped in grade. He could take this class rise in his stride, with the soft conditions expected to be right up his street.