A very interesting 7f handicap where Godolphin have a strong hand. Buick is their number 1 and he will have had the choice so it seems significant that he rides D’bai. Buick usually rides Bravo Zolo and also has ridden Fly at Dawn before so it does seem very significant that he is on board D’bai tomorrow. D’bai progressed last year winning a top handicap at Ascot over 1m before being a hampered 6th in listed class at Sandown again over a mile. The drop back to 7f’s is interesting given how well he travels during his races over a mile and with so much pace in here it could easily set up very nicely for this horse. I suspect Atzeni on Fly at Dawn will have his orders to make this a stern test and Buick with a good start should have his mount well placed to attack. These handicaps are always very competitive but D’bai does look very interesting especially with the tongue tie applied first time.

I am very keen on the chances of Graceful James in here. He simply loves this C and D and a form line through Ourmullion puts him in with fantastic weight claims in here. He finished a closing 2l’s 4th to that horse over this C and D a few starts back despite giving him 15lb (also poorly drawn in stall 12). A key form line to this race is Tangramm’s win here two starts back when he beat Wimpole Hall, back in 4th that day was Ourmullion who was only beat 2l’s by the winner in 4th. Tangramm gave Ourmullion just 1lb, while Wimpole Hall gave Ourmullion 2lb. Factor in the 2l’s for around 3lb and Tangramm should be receiving nearly 10lb from Graceful James on that form line in this race but instead Graceful James is actually receiving 2lb from Tangramm in here. It is clear Graceful James has a huge chance and is massively underestimated in here. He has a good draw in stall 5 and also ran a nice race at Kempton last time out. His last win over this C and D came of 75 by 3l’s, tomorrow he races of 78 so clearly has a massive chance. Key to his chance is a good pace however we have 4 pace-setters in here so it should on that evidence be run at a good pace.