20:10 Kempton

Shockwaves will likely prove popular here having impressed at Lingfield last time but he is turned out quick enough and everything seemed to go right on that occasion. He steps up markedly in trip to a mile and a half here and needs to prove he can see it out as strongly. It might pay to oppose so I’m going to chance BALHAMBAR for Sir Michael Stoute. This son of Almanzor needed the experience on debut as a three-year-old but horses from this yard often do and he improved to finish third in a strong-looking race at Salisbury this time last year.

He came on again to win at Chepstow and the form of that race has worked out too. He was pitched into the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot after that and wasn’t disgraced just failing to land a blow and finishing down the field. He has more to come on just his second start in a handicap and could surprise a few here.