Overview

• Scheduled for 3:15 pm at Newcastle, the 20-horse handicap carries a £150,000 purse over a stamina-sapping 2m½f on the all-weather track.
• Defending champion Onesmoothoperator bids to repeat last year’s success off a 12lb higher mark under jockey Connor Beasley for trainer Brian Ellison.
• James Owen saddles four runners led by Chester Cup winner East India Dock, while Willie Mullins sends over Pappano as one of three Irish contenders.
• Mirror tipster Steve Jones highlights Zanndabad at 12-1 each way after his strong placings in the Chester Cup and Irish Cesarewitch, with several bookmakers offering enhanced place terms.
• Known as the 'Pitmen’s Derby' since 1833, the race remains one of Britain’s richest summer handicaps and a key test of staying power and punters’ judgment.