13:42 Kelso

At first glance this looks a wide open race but the more I delved into it the more I fancy SERIOUS OPERATOR to run a big race. He was back in the winners enclosure in good style at Doncaster back in December and raised 5lb wasn’t disgraced in the Lanzarote at Kempton back in January. Obviously that was a decent race and he finished behind the right horses. The form has been franked since and if you were being critical you could argue he was given too much to do. Patrick Wadge gets the leg back up and claims a valuable 3lb off his back so that has to be a positive. With Rafferty’s Return and Brewin’upastorm likely to go forward he should get a good pace to run down. The danger could prove to be Itso Fury who is still fairly unexposed.

Serious Operator - 1pt @ 5/1