14:15 Pontefract

Quite a few of these are fairly exposed so the lightly raced ASCARI might be the way to go. He has only had a handful of starts and was denied a run at a key stage when a close-up third at Windsor last time. He gets to run off the same mark here and with further improvement to come if this pans out more favourably I think he might take a bit of beating. Bushfire stepped up on previous form to win convincingly at Haydock 8 days ago and even off a 4lb higher mark he remains well treated if proving as effective over this shorter trip. Mabre was only denied a short head at Chester when last seen and if repeating that sort of form with the blinkers back on is definitely another one to note in here.