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Another from Godolphin, Charencey won at Newcastle last November but has hindered himself on recent outings with slow starts, although he's often had difficult draws on that track. It will be interesting to see where he fits in handicaps on the turf.

Haymaker should have won at Brighton, but lost an amazing amount of ground at the start, before flying up to the field. He was just outstayed there, but with a normal break should win.

Law Of The Sea was an unlucky 4th under Franny Norton - Mr Chester - in the Cup last year and now gets in the Plate. We tried him afterwards in all the valuable staying handicaps but to no avail. Now, with Franny back for the first time and his own initial run here since…

Penpal is a horse that bleeds in his races. He won two starts back, having bled the time before and that was the problem again last time. It's always a risk, but touch wood if he's fine tonight, he will surely go close.

Two good ground horses are at Market Rasen today and both should run well. I think Summergrounds has landed on the easier of the two races and he knows his way around here. He's been off for the winter but has done plenty of work and I'm hoping for a big run.

Village Master comes here on the back of two victories and seems to be improving with his races. Hopefully, he can add to his tally and complete the hat-trick.  

He Knows Better ran well last time on good ground. This looks an opportunity to get his head in front.

No Regrets ran very consistently all last season until running his one bad race at Musselburgh. We've given him a break and are switching from cheek-pieces first time to a visor. Each-way chances.

Jet Of Dreams won a point and was gradually improving with racing before a six-month winter break. He returned at Market Rasen where his performance attracted the attention of the stewards after he stayed on into a remote 2nd late on. That should have blown the cobwebs out.

Magical Escape won well last time but this is a tougher race, especially as he carries a 7lb penalty. He is well and deserves to go close. A big horse who will be better over fences after his summer break

Karl Philippe ran a very close 3rd over CD two weeks ago. He has plenty of weight, but he ought to be right there in the firing line once more.

Point winner Ryan's Rocket has been improving all through the year and will have his chance again in a tough novice hurdle. It's not easy to concede the weight-for-age to 4yo's at this time of year and the favourite has very solid form so will be hard to beat.

Sun God improved through last season, winning his last race at Lingfield very easily. Whether he can cope with the 9lb weight rise for that is the question. He might just need it today.

If you'd asked me a week ago I would have been optimistic about Stay Alert in this Group 2 but the last couple of runners from here have been disappointing. She's top on official ratings though and this is the right race for her. Fingers crossed.

Ambassador returns after his break in a race where four of the 11 declared runners have been taken out. That suggests the ground will be testing, not his favoured conditions - he's best on good. He might still run okay, but he has a big weight and we're taking 10lb off for Josh.

Aalto was a Longchamp winner early last summer and we held out high hopes for him when he arrived here. We've only managed to get him on the track a couple of times, and he returns here after another six-month absence, We'll be looking for a run somewhere near the action in this big field.