With 3 wins from his last 5 starts FINN RUSSELL is expected to be hard to beat here. He won going away at Wolverhampton last month and a 3lb rise doesn't look enough to anchor him. Callum Shepherd takes over in the saddle which is another positive and he will likely make good use of him dropping back to 7f. Bowood has been running well recently and again only went down narrowly at Kempton so looks the danger.

The well bred FAST AFFAIR looks to have a good opportunity to return to winning ways. She impressed winning over C&D back in October and went down all guns blazing at Lingfield last time, beaten just a length and a half into third. She is off the same mark and returned to this venue should get herself back in the winners enclosure. Soi Dao finally got her head back in front here last time and up 3lb looks the main threat.