4:23 Stratford Tips

Big weight but looking for the three-timer here. Form is working out well from the races he has won. Big player here.

Off the mark last time out at Newton Abbot and can go well again here. Today's conditions will suit him.

My Virtue finished 2nd of 6 over course and distance last week behind comfortable winner Boom Boom, and although just out of the handicap here, she could still grab at least a place here.

The Dream Goes On finally got off the mark this year with a win on the return in March. Then took on 6 lbs for that and stepped up in class to C4 and won by the same margin. But then tried a step up in trip and has been pants with a fall, pulled up, a distant third, and finally unseated rider. But I think today's drop back to 2m3f and having Charlie Deutsch to help out could see her involved again.

Footloose Man returns from a long 234-day break and makes his chasing debut for trainer Richard Hobson, with Charlie Price claiming 3lb. He has run 17 times overall, with 1 win and 4 places, giving him a 6% win rate and 30% place rate. His sole success came at Fontwell last August off a mark of 80, and today he runs here off 84, which looks a fair enough mark if taking to fences. He has placed over course and distance and goes well in a tongue strap also, so if the conditions suit, and with a decent cruising speed, he could run well fresh in a race that may not be overly strong on depth here. Each-way chance if his jumping holds.