Leslingtaylor, Raucous and Tedstale are the three to look at here with Wednesday's Leicester scorer, Leslingtaylor getting the vote. After taking a couple of claimers recently, Tedstale was well beaten in a similar contest at Hamilton last time. He returns to handicap company here and can handle cut in the ground. He has slipped down the weights and cannot be discounted. Tom Tate's Raucous has progressed steadily and lost his maiden tag at Ripon last time. He benefitted from a step up in trip and will not mind the ground, but he may find himself with a stiffer task here. Leslingtaylor was most impressive when scoring at Leicester on Wednesday and gets a confident vote. He made mincemeat of his rivals at the Midlands track and comes to hand at this time of year, having won twice at this stage last year. The ground should not be a problem for him and Leslingtaylor can follow up.
Fort Churchill (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Hampered start, in touch, ridden and every chance over 2f out, soon edged left, one pace final furlong, 8th of 19, 4l behind London Express (8-12) at York 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) gs in Aug.
Shape Up (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Prominent, driven over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 17, 10l behind Trouble Mountain (8-4) at Haydock 1m 3f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun.
Jake Black (IRE) 6-1 (8-6) Led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 10, 27l behind Tcherina (8-1) at York 1m 4f app hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Maneki Neko (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) Led for a 1f, with leader, every chance over 1f out, no extra, 5th of 9, 4l behind Bronze Dancer (8-12) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.
Sporting Gesture 16-1 (10-0) Led until headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 14, 10l behind Rationale (9-5) at Bath 1m 4f ldy rds hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Raucous (GER) 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, led over 6f out, ridden 2f out, kept on gamely final furlong, won at Ripon 1m 4f mdn stk (5) gd in Aug beating Behlaya (9-9) by a nk, 11 ran.
Nesno (USA) 6-1 (9-4) Prominent, effort when not much room and hampered over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 10, 31l behind Nelsons Column (9-4) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.
Dium Mac 6-1 (9-7) Pulled hard towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, hung left and one pace final furlong, 2nd of 9, nk behind Rotuma (8-11) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Aug.
Tedstale (USA) 10-3 (9-2) Held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, soon one pace, 4th of 6, 9l behind Burnley Al (8-13) at Hamilton 1m clm (6) gf in Aug.
Highest Regard 14-1 (8-9) Led 1f, chased leader to over 3f out, soon weakened, 6th of 7, well behind Go Solo (9-4) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Aug.
Leslingtaylor (IRE) 11-2 (8-7) Pulled hard, chased leader 10f out, led over 2f out, ridden clear over 1f out, won at Leicester 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Aug beating Love Always (9-6) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
San Deng 11-1 (9-13) Prominent, ridden along over 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 35l behind Fossgate (9-9) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Aug.
