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Savitar and Boyle look to have a Fighting Chance when they travel to Bath

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- Savitar can land his second success today since joining Jim Boyle's stable from Ireland when he travels to Bath.

This four-year-old was bought out of Jim Bolger's yard for 5,000 guineas at Tattersall­s Autumn Sales, and has already repaid his purchase price with a victory at Lingfield a month ago and two placed efforts.

He is no world-beater, but is very effective at this level and should make his presence felt in the Empire Fighting Chance 'Training With The Champions' Handicap.

Tom Marquand may have a shot at a quick double half-anhour later in the Foot Anstey Supporting Empire Fighting Chance Handicap.

It is more than 12 months since Foresee was last successful. But he is down to 3.5kg below that winning mark after a poor effort at Southwell this month.

Foresee is surely still a little better than that, and the handicappe­r has given him a chance to show it here.

Twentysixt­hstreet can make a winning return to Hamilton, after finishing first and second at the Scottish track in successive days in the past week.

Andrew Hughes' Irish raider has to carry a 3kg penalty, but is in such good form that he should hard to beat in the Excel Environmen­tal Services, Pest Management Services Handicap.

Mark Johnston and Richard Fahey have cornered the market in the BB Foodservic­e 2-Y-O Series Nursery Handicap Final - responsibl­e for five of the sixstrong field and only likely outsider Romininthe­glomin running against them.

It may therefore appear a slightly muddled picture, but Fahey's National League could well be the answer.

The grey got much closer than most to the outstandin­g winner Mums Tipple in last month's valuable sales race at York - and on that basis, having previously won with authority at Chester, he has fine prospects again here.

Art Power is another grey who ought to go well, in the St Andrew's First Aid EBF Novice Stakes.

He showed a semblance of promise for his high-profile owners, when third on debut at Newcastle this month - and if he can build on that on his switch to the minimum trip on turf, he could be in business.

In-form Tom Dascombe can strike with Brad The Brief in the Follow Us On LinkedIn @thecommerc­ialfloorin­gcompanylt­d Novice Stakes at Wolverhamp­ton.

This Dutch Art colt must concede 3.5kg and upwards all round in the nine-runner field after his debut success at Bath, from a subsequent winner.

He has since run with equal credit, up to this 1200m, when a 2.25-lengths third and last in a much better race at Doncaster.

That form makes him likely to make it two wins out of three here.

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