Newbury stage the second fixture of their Summer Evening Series today, with a seven-race card running from 5.40-8.55pm.

A field of five runners go to post for the feature race of the evening, the £12,5000 Thatcham Butchers Handicap (7.15pm).

The mile-and-a-half contest has been a stepping stone for further success in recent years, with Scarlet Dragon going on to capture valuable handicaps at Newbury, York and Newmarket following his success in the 2016 renewal.

The 2017 victor Duke Of Bronte went on to land the prestigious Appletiser Handicap at Ascot later in the same season.

This year's field is headed by the unbeaten Celestial Force (Tom Dascombe/P J McDonald 9st 7lb).

The three-year-old son of Sea The Stars plundered a novice event over 10 furlongs on Tapeta at Newcastle in May, before scoring by a half-length on turf in a novice contest at Thirsk over 12 furlongs later the same month.

Newmarket trainer James Fanshawe saddles Sleeping Lion (9st 2lb), with King Lud (Andrew Balding/Oisin Murphy, 9st 1lb), Cacophonous (David Menuisier/Fran Berry, 8st 13lb) and Soto Sizzler (William Knight/Luke Morris, 8st 12lb) also due to run.