Yard in good form so the 663-day layoff isn't much of a concern and it's significant this son of Oscar goes straight down the handicap route now switches to chasing. His bumper win over Elgin in 2016 reads particularly well.

The Skelton brothers continue to go from strength to strength and Kasakh Noir is still open to improvement for them. He switches to handicaps now and although he has it to prove over fences, a mark of 133 seems to be quite lenient.