Paul Nicholls and Will Biddick teamed-up to land the opening 3m Novices' Hurdle on the corresponding card last year at Exeter and the pair can land back-to-back renewals with Theeaglehaslanded (2.10) stepping up in trip. The selection is a half-brother to the stable's 144-rated hurdler Pepe Simo and made a winning debut under rules in a bumper at the track under Nick Schofield. The well-bred son of Milan fell on his hurdles debut in the spring but made amends upped in trip at Chepstow when last sighted in March. He should be able to score at the expense of David Pipe's For N' Against but should prove even better over fences, with anything the 5-y-o does over timber likely to be a bonus.
Seven head to post for a competitive renewal of the 3m Handicap Chase and Dursey Sound likely to be popular after his impressive success last time out at Warwick. Richard Johnson retains the ride on Jonjo O'Neill's 7-y-o but he is overlooked on this occasion for a horse Johnson knows well with Danandy (3.45) given the nod for Philip Hobbs and Tom O'Brien. The selection made a winning return under Johnson at Stratford in the summer, winning by an eased down eight lengths, and should remain competitive from a 9lb higher mark.
John Gosden was left disappointed by Jack Hobbs' third-place finish in the Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday but it's been yet another excellent campaign for the Clarehaven handler and he can score with Exist (1.50) on the final day of the season at Windsor. The selection is a well-bred daughter of Exceed and Excel that was sent off a well-backed favourite for her debut earlier this month at Leicester, when failing to get home over seven furlongs in soft ground. She was better than the bare result that day given her greenness and should put that experience to good use now dropping back in trip to 6f.
The stable is awash with potential superstars and So Mi Dar (2.50) bred to be very useful; the second foal of Gosden's former multiple Gp 1 winner Dar Re Mi. Her pedigree screams stamina and whilst her half-sister De Treville shed the maiden tag at the second time of asking, this looks a less-than-average renewal and she can get the better of stablemate Al Egda and Ralph Beckett's Golden Stunner.
Michael Wigham's Swashbuckling (5.40) was unfortunate to bump into one last time out at Epsom and can shed the maiden tag at the third attempt in this evening's opener at Wolverhampton. The selection built on the promise shown on debut when third in a warm maiden at Newmarket, finishing second on ground softer than ideal last time out, and is a confident selection to score under in-form jockey James Doyle.
Richard Fahey's Zahrat Narjis (6.40) has proven expensive to follow throughout her campaign thus far, placing just once in five career starts, but remains well-treated for the 7f Handicap under Paul Hanagan. The selection was well-backed for a trio of maidens earlier in the campaign and was far from disgraced when failing to find the frame in handicaps at Goodwood and Epsom. She was inconvenienced on ground softer than ideal last time out and should remain competitive from a 2lb lower mark.
Dark Profit (3.30) made a winning debut for the Robert Cowell yard in a maiden over the minimum trip at Chelmsford and should be able to follow-up switching to handicaps from a mark of 71 in the feature at Lingfield. The selection appeared to warm to the first-time cheek-pieces scoring readily under Jim Crowley and with few miles on the clock is open to much further improvement.
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