12:35 Wetherby

The KTB Fit ranking

1. 1Minella Hollow KTB Selection66/100

   Form 43-413 · John Nallen · Harry Skelton

   Minella Hollow arrives as a high-class performer boasting a solid recent record capped by a win last time out. Dropping in class from an official rating of 125, the six-year-old returns to a trip he has won at three times from eight starts and brings strong figures having won twice from three runs on good ground. The John Nallen yard has had only one previous runner at Wetherby so that 0% strike rate is based on too small a sample to judge, yet Harry Skelton's 30% strike rate from 265 rides at the track stands well above his 20% at other venues. Usually racing prominently and on or close to the lead, he should be ideally placed in what is likely to be a tactical affair. His 43-413 recent form underlines consistent ability and he is taken to land this.

2. 2Venezuelan57/100

   Form 2 · Gary Hanmer · Sean Bowen

   Venezuelan comes into this off the back of a recent second and has already shown placed form at this 2m trip. Stepping up in class, the four-year-old is 1-6 on good ground with two further placed efforts, giving him respectable conditions credentials. The Gary Hanmer yard's 12% strike rate at Wetherby aligns with their record elsewhere while Sean Bowen's 23% strike rate at the track from 103 rides matches his overall figure exactly. Like the selection he tends to race prominently and handily, which should suit the muddling pace shape anticipated. With only one previous run to his name he remains relatively unexposed and looks the most obvious danger.

3. 3Measure of A Man54/100

   Form P2- · Ruth Jefferson · Brian Hughes

   Measure of A Man makes his racecourse debut with no prior form available to assess. By Sholokhov, he carries a 12% overall win rate for that sire from 4378 runners and will have to rely on pedigree and sales background to make his case. The Ruth Jefferson yard posts a 14% strike rate at Wetherby from 44 runs which sits in line with their record at other tracks, and Brian Hughes brings a 13% strike rate here from 878 rides that also matches his wider figures. Connections have shown a solid 25% strike rate together from 107 runners. Without any official rating or hurdling experience he remains very much an unknown quantity.

4. 4Loopy Mag52/100

   Form P1- · Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith · Danny McMenamin

   Loopy Mag is another debutant with no racecourse form on which to base an opinion. By Kapgarde, the sire holds a 12% overall win rate from 6563 runners and again pedigree and sales background are the only available pointers. The Joel Parkinson and Sue Smith stable has a 17% strike rate at Wetherby from 59 runs that lines up with their record elsewhere, while Danny McMenamin's 15% strike rate here from 104 rides also matches his general figures. Their combined record stands at 23% from 90 runners. With no official rating and limited data it is impossible to draw firm conclusions at this stage.

5. 5St Michael's Well52/100

   Form 661- · Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith · Jamie Hamilton

   Family: half-brother to Mistymal (1 win from 14 runs). The dam has had 3 other runners, 2 of them winners.

   St Michael's Well is a debutant with a modest family background, being half-brother to Mistymal who won once from 14 runs while the dam has produced two other winners from three runners. Connections bring a solid Wetherby record with the trainer on 17% from 59 runs and the jockey on 12% from 302 rides, both in line with their figures elsewhere, yet with no official rating and low data confidence this remains very much an unknown on its first start.

6. 6Some Good Men Gone38/100

   Form - · Jessica Bedi · Conor O'Farrell

   Some Good Men Gone steps up markedly in trip from 1m2f to 2m which poses a fresh question. He has shown nothing across three previous runs on good ground, the yard is 0-15 at Wetherby and the jockey records a 10% strike rate here that matches his overall figure. Usually held up and producing his effort late, he faces a stiff task on these terms.