| Pos | Horse / Form | Age/Wgt | Jockey / Trainer | OR | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 |
5y 168 lbs |
Freddie Mitchell(3) Karen Jewell |
111 | 11/1 | |
| 6 |
6y 165 lbs |
Caoilin Quinn Jamie Moore & Josh Moore |
108 | 17/2 | |
| 7 |
4y 165 lbs |
Brian Hughes Warren Greatrex |
109 | 13/2 | |
| 🥇 1st |
6y 164 lbs |
Jonathan Burke James Owen |
107 | 9/4F | |
| 🥉 3rd |
5y 163 lbs |
Ben Jones Ben Pauling |
106 | 9/2 | |
| 🥈 2nd |
5y 163 lbs |
Amber Jackson-Fennell(8) Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies |
106 | 8/1 | |
| 4 |
7y 160 lbs |
Liam Harrison Fergal O'Brien |
103 | 25/1 | |
| 5 |
6y 146 lbs |
Tom Cannon Nick Gifford |
89 | 4/1 |
Novelista is our selection, and the case rests on a progressive profile and a fitness edge that should count for plenty over the 20 furlongs on good ground at Sandown. Only a pound separates him from Cluain Chormaic on our ratings (116 against 117), so the top-rated runner is narrowly ahead on paper but looks the one with less in hand. Cluain Chormaic is the chief danger, while Port Station and Kalif d’Airy, both on 111, are the next most likely to make it a contest. Novelista gets the nod to prove the sharper of the pair.