Spotlight: Useful sort but has won only twice from 17 starts, placed eight times; deserved his C&D handicap win at the festival when profiting from a well-judged front-running ride from a low draw in first-time cheekpieces; that was prefaced by a good run at Naas; has continued in good form with a short head second in the 15-runner Irish Cambridgeshire.

Spotlight: Most recent of four wins came over C&D at last year's festival meeting, beat today's rival Genuine Article (rec 3lb); not far off his best when chasing home an easy winner at Killarney in July; dropped away to finish in rear in the Colm Quinn BMW Mile here six weeks ago.

Spotlight: Won a 7f handicap here last season and also successful in a 1m Curragh premier handicap; poor on return in March; much better when sixth of 15 over 7f here at the festival; unplaced joint-favourite at Roscommon last week; first-time cheekpieces now.

Spotlight: Won only once in France but was second in a 1m Group 3 (beaten 8l) and finished in a Listed race; joined this yard for E210,000 December; showed a tendency to hang when third in a four-runner conditions event at Killarney in May on Irish debut; tongue-tie worn then is discarded.

Spotlight: Four of his six wins have come at this venue, two over this trip; ran another sound race when splitting Genuine Article and Titanium at the festival; a bit below his best in two more recent runs; could feature back at his favourite track with a valuable 7lb off.

Spotlight: Useful seven-time Flat winner (six in France); won off mark of 87 over 1m on heavy at Leopardstown last October, out of form this year until taking third behind Genuine Article and Imposing Supreme on the second of his two outings here at the festival.

Spotlight: Outran his odds in a similar race to this at Killarney; previously down the field in a C&D handicap.

Spotlight: Stepped up considerably from his first two runs to win a C&D maiden; form looks solid since the two market leaders were placed and he would have been an unlucky loser having had to wait for a gap to open.

Spotlight: Three-time Flat winner, including over 1m4f at this venue in October 2023; did not appear on the Flat last season, sidelined after winning a 20-runner maiden hurdle at Cork early in the year; has won twice at around one mile; lack of a recent run a bigger concern than the trip.

Spotlight: Made a good impression when winning on debut at Dundalk (1m) in April; found things a lot tougher stepping into Listed company on turf debut at the Curragh (1m, good) in early May; appeared not to stay 1m2f at Navan in July; cheekpieces now added to tongue-tie

Spotlight: Won an ordinary maiden over the extended 6f at Limerick early last season on soft-to-heavy; best effort since then have been over 7f at Naas, including on seasonal debut in March; ran poorly at Gowran in April and has been absent since; stable in form now

Spotlight: Fair AW maiden form last winter; little impact in two runs on turf; faces a tough task.