Verdict

Just five runners but a very tricky affair which may fall to Parish Oak, with Light des Mulottes and Euro Bleu both expected to put up a fight. The Ian Williams trained nine-year-old is in great heart at present, scoring victories at Leicester and Wincanton. Things will be more difficult this time with the rise in the weights, but he may still have further improvement. Light des Mulottes is taking a step up in distance today after just being foiled in his hat-trick bid. If he does stay the trip he will be a big danger to all. Euro Bleu came to grief on his chasing bow at Plumpton recently, but was a decent enough performer over hurdles and shouldn't be dismissed as he hails from an in form yard. Radcliffe may prove best of the other two runners if he can improve his jumping, but Parish Oak goes from strength to strength and is taken to land the hat-trick