Formscan - OPERA WAVE has proved far more competitive since entering handicap company on the July course in August and she's fancied to follow up her subsequent victory at Southwell. David Simcock's filly got the better of a next-time-out winner and a 6lb higher mark looks workable. The returning Lord Normandy may have raced too close to the pace at Wolverhampton in January and is feared most, ahead of Madeleine Moonshot.