5:00 Wolverhampton Tips

Now trained by Jamie Osborne, Epictetus is a well-bred son of Kingman. He was a high-class juvenile for John and Thady Gosden. He followed his neck second in the Autumn Stakes with another runner-up finish in the Futurity Trophy behind dual Derby winner Auguste Rodin. As a three-year-old, he won the Listed Blue Riband Trial at Epsom and later the Thoroughbred Stakes at Glorious Goodwood and was a respectable fifth in the Prix du Jockey Club. Now aged five, Epictetus surely has a great chance of winning an extended mile selling handicap off a mark of 87.

TRIBAL WISDOM is another who is running well and looks to be at a workable mark. Is considered here and will have a pace to aim at.

Hitched (IRE) is a 5-year-old gelding by Cotai Glory, trained by David Simcock, and set to be ridden by Rob Hornby. He runs off an official mark of 76 and has eight career wins, including one over this very course and distance. He was last out at Wolverhampton where he finished 6th of 12, making steady headway but not quite threatening. The return to this trip and track looks a positive move, especially with Hornby riding, who won on him last time out at this same mark in a class 3 at Lingfield.

Not Me has had just one start for Ivan Furtado stable which is among the winners at the moment. Showed promise and ability on the all-weather at this level when with James Ferguson. Elle May-Croot claims 5 pounds. Drawn in stall 2. Returns from six months break.