GOLDEN OPERATOR impressed when winning in first-time blinkers over a similar trip recently and he remains open to further improvement with the headgear retained. However, a 6-point penalty for that last-start victory tilts the scales in favour of KING HARALD, who beat the former in an earlier meeting over 1600m and is weighted to confirm that superiority on 0.5kg better terms. WILD INTENT is slung in under the conditions but unlikely to be fully tuned after a 136-day absence. ECHO CHECK is lightly raced and could improve to get his career back on track.