| # | Horse / Form | Age/Wgt | Jockey / Trainer | OR | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
7y 168 lbs |
Sean Quinlan Jennie Candlish |
96 | – | |
| 10 |
6y 151 lbs |
Brian Hughes Micky Hammond |
79 | – | |
| 2 |
9y 166 lbs |
Lee Edwards Kevin & Lauren Frost |
94 | – | |
| 3 |
6y 166 lbs |
Theo Gillard Donald McCain |
94 | – | |
| 4 |
9y 165 lbs |
James Best Sara Ender |
93 | – | |
| 5 |
5y 165 lbs |
Jonathan England Sam England |
93 | – | |
| 6 |
6y 164 lbs |
Callum Bewley Justin Landy |
92 | – | |
| 7 |
6y 163 lbs |
Nathan Moscrop Rebecca Menzies |
91 | – | |
| 8 |
5y 161 lbs |
Joshua Thompson(5) David Thompson |
89 | – | |
| 9 |
6y 157 lbs |
Callum Pritchard Barry John Murphy |
85 | – |
William Yeats heads this ten-runner Class 5 staying contest at Sedgefield on good ground with a clear edge over his rivals on form, sitting eight pounds clear of the next-best Socks Off and comfortably ahead of American Empire and Aimeric, who represent the chief dangers if our selection fails to reproduce his best over the extended trip. Those three will push him hard, particularly Socks Off who is the most obvious threat at the weights, but William Yeats has the ratings profile to dictate terms over this stamina-testing twenty furlongs and, though confidence is tempered slightly by the quality of opposition he faces, his superiority on form makes him the one to be on. William Yeats is our selection.
TOP FLIGHT CENTURY at 9/1, David Thompson with Joshua Thompson taking off 5lb, makes most appeal. It has won here, has won on this sort of ground and has won over this trip. The negatives: weakened last time.
The dangers are LILLISTAR at 5/1 (went close off this mark) and SOCKS OFF at 33/1 (a course winner).
VERDICT: TOP FLIGHT CENTURY 9/1