The selection has winning form on soft and heavy ground and has a useful jockey in Tristan Durrell to do the steering
The Saturday before Cheltenham will never be an afternoon for punters to throw money around with abandon but the Imperial Cup at Sandown is generally a race that proves difficult to resist and the latest renewal is no exception, with at least a fair case to be made for all but a handful of the 16 runners.
The field comprises a typical mix of seasoned handicappers and more lightly-raced contenders with scope for improvement, including the handicap debutant Making Headway, who finished 15 lengths behind the winner in a Grade One in December.