15:50 Newmarket

A few of these come here with a point to prove but not HALIPHON who clocked a career best to beat Alfred Boucher at Chester last month. That form has obviously taken a considerable boost with that horse winning a fiercely competitive handicap easily next time and then missing out by just a short head in the Ebor last week. He is on a hat-trick now and a 4lb rise doesn’t look enough to stop him. Ben Sanderson claims a handy 3lb and under patient tactics he will look to pick them all up late. Traila won on just his second start at Wolverhampton and then finish third to Sea On Time at Doncaster. He is the most interesting of the remainder with the potential to do better. Nahanni has been a let down and arrives with enough to prove. Sam Cooke could also get competitive but likely needs to find more from a win point of view in a good race.