Of those at the head of the early market, Precision Storm is a justifiable favourite and Dream Harder will be a threat, but Super Den looks vulnerable as he goes up in class and has a wide draw on a surface on which he is yet to win.
The potential value elsewhere in the market very much brings in The Menstone Gem, a steadily progressive performer prior to his recent break.
It was after his previous break that he came out to win the 20-runner amateur riders' Cambridgeshire over nine furlongs at Newmarket, an extremely competitive event in which his trainer, Craig Lidster, provided both the winner and the runner-up.
It was a powerful galloping performance which he promptly repeated on his next run, when he made all to win another Class 4 handicap, shrugging off an eight-pound higher mark to win over 10 furlongs on the Newcastle Tapeta.
17:30 (Wolverhampton) The Menstone Gem
Bidding to complete his hat-trick, he came to this venue to contest a higher-graded Class 3 handicap over this course and distance where he finished third of 12 off another four pounds higher.
His final run before his current break saw him make his Polytrack debut at Chelmsford, where he looked to be beaten for speed on that quicker surface, though he still ran well in an upper-tier Class 4 event to finish fourth of nine when carrying a pound more than here.
He has a favourable inside draw here, which should facilitate his prominent racing style and there looks to be more to come from this relatively lightly-raced four-year-old, who has had only six all-weather runs so far.
His figures on Tapeta are 12213 and he is down in class from his last course/distance outing, racing off the same mark and from a better draw.
Of the others, the rails runner Dream Harder looks certain to go well following his close-up fourth of 13 in a higher-graded Class 3 handicap over this very trip two weeks ago.
Prior to that, the four-year-old had been a winner on each of his two previous visits to this track and he is a major player under Patrick Millman, who has won three of his previous 10 rides here.
Next best bet:
Dream Harder
