Spotlight: Multiple winner from 1m2f to an extended 1m7f for Andre Fabre, including two staying Group 2s; bought for 115,000euros late last year; jumped moderately and made heavy weather of justifying prohibitive odds on stable/hurdle debut at Killarney last month (2m4f, yielding); trainer did have him in the Ascot Gold Cup and, not only is he one of the few class acts in this field, he should be one of the stronger stayers; stable has won this four times before and Ryan Moore was pencilled in at the five-day stage (trainer had other options); would prefer softer ground but has won on good (unraced on quicker).

Spotlight: Proven in this headgear; pays his way under both codes and, if able to reproduce his effort here on Tuesday when hitting the line well for third in the 1m6f Copper Horse Stakes (good to firm), then he won't be far away on these favourable terms; the grey areas are inconsistency and the extra 7f (he did run over 3m over jumps) but he's one of only a few with realistic ambitions of winning.

Spotlight: Regularly hooded and goes on all ground; progressive 1m4f/1m6f handicapper last season and ended up in the St Leger (wasn't disgraced, beaten 7l); hasn't really got anything going this year since gelded, last time finishing last of four runners in an Italian Listed race (1m4f); every chance on the figures if rediscovering his mojo and seeing out the trip, but there are doubts on both counts.

Spotlight: Won a key Derby trial last year before finishing tailed off in the main event at Epsom; seemed to see out the new trip of 1m6f okay when second to Kyprios in a Group 3 at Leopardstown in May (good) but he was less convincing upped to 2m at Down Royal and that was a Listed race; while he scores highly on the class front at this level, there are glaring stamina concerns over this far.

Spotlight: Typical of a Prescott handicapper to have graduated from a low level to where he is now, and he could have done with faster ground when beaten 12l in last season's Cesarewitch (soft); plenty to like about his reappearance run under a big weight at Goodwood (2m, good) and he gave the impression he'd stay all day when winning over Pontefract's stiff 2m2f last season (good to firm); one of the more appealing each-way options.

Spotlight: Has been off for 265 days but able when fresh; conditions were fast when fifth in the 2022 Ascot Gold Cup but he's always had a preference for slower ground and that's become all the more evident as he's aged; has the class to be competitive and ran well off a tough mark at Chester last September (on soft), though the new visor sported then didn't appear to have the same effect when well held in the Irish Cesarewitch (good); no headgear this time but needs opposing under these conditions.

Spotlight: Capable handicapper at a respectable level over hurdles at up to 2m5f; wouldn't be as good as Samui in that scene and this is his debut on the Flat at the age of six.

Spotlight: Usually ridden by Jack Dace, who would normally claim 7lb; has had plenty of racing but close to his best in winning a Class 4 handicap over 1m6f at Sandown only last week (good to firm) and that was only his second run in a hood; however, he has never won beyond that and, like a few in here, he'll be vulnerable to stronger stayers even if he can remain competitive deep into the race on such unfavourable terms.

Spotlight: All three wins at 2m, the latest coming here last month on good to firm (Class 4); this is a different ball game altogether and he'd be receiving lumps of weight off most of these in a handicap.

Spotlight: Made his name as a miler in France and wasn't overly convincing stamina-wise when the Crisfords sent him up to 2m; opposable for that reason alone, and then there's unfavourable weights and the fact he was pulled up on stable/hurdling debut in March; hard to entertain.

Spotlight: Six-time AW winner who is 0-6 on grass; out of form the last twice and outclassed in this company over a trip he's not gone even near in the past (unraced beyond 1m4f).