Top-rated UNEQUAL LOVE would be extremely tough to pass, if able to produce anything like her best on seasonal reappearance. She developed from a top handicapper into a Group placer last term, with a fine third in the G1 Sprint Cup Stakes at Haydock. She is also a course-and-distance winner, which boosts confidence.

FIELD OF GOLD can back up his impressive G3 Craven Stakes success over track and trip last month. The big, grey son of Kingman, who himself was placed in this race, came with a strong run to win that trial with ease. In what appears a sub-standard renewal, the John and Thady Gosden-trained three-year-old has scope for further improvement after just five runs.

STANAGE holds genuine frame claims after a pair of good runs this term. The Kingman four-year-old registered a surprise win on reappearance at Doncaster, followed by an unfortunate third at this course last month. He was denied a clear run that day and races from the same mark now. The drop to 6f should suit, after travelling powerfully last time, in what appears an open-looking handicap.

DUTCH DECOY could easily build on a quiet reappearance when finishing fifth at Ripon over a mile. A 2lb drop in the weights seems generous, and he is now a well-handicap horse, some 7lb below his previous winning mark. He has run well at this track before, notably a fine seventh in the Cambridgeshire Handicap. He is also 9lb lower than when second in this event last season, which reads well in the context of this race.

Talented sprinter, TWILIGHT CALLS, is hard to win with but has to be seriously respected. A Group One placer, he is a course winner who could find a notch of improvement on his stable debut. Jamie Spencer is an eye-catching jockey booking for him; Twilight Calls needs to be ridden with extreme hold-up tactics, which is certainly a strength for the rider.

UNCLE DON may arrive on a handy handicap mark of 97, entering a first handicap. A Listed placer as a juvenile, the Oasis Dream colt ran better than his seventh suggested at Redcar subsequently, on ground unlikely to suit. He fared best from those with a double-figure draw that day, and looks capable of kicking on to a classy handicapper this campaign.