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Today's Offers 12 All Offers Exclusive new customer sign up offers FREE BETS FREE BETS AS I explained in a recent edition of my Form Hacker column, the most important characteristic of the Portland for punters is not its intermediate distance, but the fact it takes place at Doncaster. Taking that conclusion at its most literal would lead you to the four course winners in the field: Aberama Gold (2-9 at the track), Trefor , Venture Capital and Rhythm N Hooves (all 1-2). There are a lot of alternate routes to identifying horses that act well here. For one, topweight Apollo One is not a course winner, but was beaten a nose by American Affair in last year's Portland. He is clearly effective at Doncaster. He also ran his best race at Ascot. Horses with form at Ascot often do well here, and vice versa. The problem with that angle is it casts the net wider. Plenty of this field, including most of those in the top half of the weights, have run well here, or at Ascot. Draw and pace analysis is not conclusive, either. There is pace across the track, although those in the lowest stalls may be reliant on Seven Questions in stall one flying off in a first-time visor. Generally, the Portland has been kinder to higher stalls in recent years. The interesting runners in that half of the draw include three-year-olds Addison Grey and Diablo Rojo . Chipstead , who is technically not a course winner but was first past the post in this race three years ago, is the most appealing of the outsiders. Personally, I will be playing down the weak signal from draw trends and give preference to the primary angle, course form. Venture Capital (stall four) and Trefor (three) are hugely interesting course winners, and, while they need a bit of luck, that is a prerequisite in any big sprint handicap. Race analysis by Keith Melrose Scottish affair again? Subsequent Group 1 winner American Affair landed this £100,000 handicap last year and trainer Jim Goldie has another improver on his hands in recent Thirsk winner Eternal Sunshine , who has just made the cut for the cavalry charge. Jordan Electrics: one of two runners for Jim Goldie Credit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos) Goldie said: “We thought we’d try and win a couple of races to get Eternal Sunshine into this and it’s worked. She’s on the crest of a wave at the moment and I'd say she’s a player.” Goldie is also represented by Jordan Electrics , who is the oldest runner in the race. “You wouldn’t know he was nine the way he goes," said Goldie. "He ran well at York last time and should do so again.” What they say Kevin Philippart de Foy, trainer of Diablo Rojo He has very good form from Ascot earlier in the year. He flopped last time, but the slightly slower ground will help him. We're dropping him back [in trip] a little bit, but he's shown a fair bit of speed. Hugo Palmer, trainer of Roman Dragon He has shown form on ground with some ease in it before and he ran a massive race considering he was drawn on the wrong side at York last time. If his draw [six] isn’t a disadvantage I expect him to run another massive race. Kieran Shoemark, rider of Trefor We fancied him when he won at York and he’s still improving. I’d expect another big run from him if the rain stays away. Robert Cowell, trainer of Jakajaro , Seven Questions and Rhythm N Hooves Rhythm N Hooves won well at Newbury last time over five furlongs but stays six, so this trip should be perfect for him. We're sticking a visor on Seven Questions to wake him up a bit and Jakajaro goes there in super form. Chipstead (dark blue): first past the post in the 2022 Portland Credit: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos) Roger Teal, trainer of Chipstead and Rosario Chipstead hit his head badly on the stalls and ended up knocking himself half out at the Shergar Cup. Rosario has had a string of bad luck leaving the stalls, but if he jumps on terms I can see him running very well. Richard Spencer, trainer of Run Boy Run You can put a line through his run at York last time. We expect a better showing here and he's well drawn in stall eight. Ed Bethell, trainer of Atomic Force The owners have brought him back from Hong Kong and he’s ready to start back. Clive Cox, trainer of Addison Grey He’s done very well since Newmarket when he was a nice winner of the greys' race but we just hope they don’t get any more rain up there. PJ McDonald, rider of Air Force One He's not done a whole lot since his run last week. He came out of it well and he's back to his normal weight. If he runs up to the level of form the last twice then he'll have a good chance. He's got blinkers on and we're trying to tweak anything we can to get that little bit of improvement out of him. 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