SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND

It was easy to take the view losses were only lent the last time Weekend Offender was in action so keep the faith in the Ripon, Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse Handicap tomorrow.

Kevin Ryan’s four-yearold finished last season with victory at York in October, and things definitely did not go his way off a 3lb higher mark on his comeback at Nottingham last month.

The Lope De Vega gelding missed the break and was then dealt a hammer blow when having to switch widest of all to make his run. Despite all that he was only beaten a length and a half in third and compensation surely awaits.

The Feathered Nest is the pick for the Richard Fahey team in the feature Wilmot-Smith Memorial EBF “Breeders Series” Fillies’ Handicap. Her first run after an absence of 169 days was a promising one when not far away at Doncaster and that will have put her right for what is a nice little prize to pick up.

Materialist can get off the mark in the Patricia Cheal Celebration Maiden Stakes.

Roger Varian’s charge was backed almost as if defeat was out of the question last time out at Thirsk, but had to settle for second to a potentially useful one of Charlie Appleby’s in the shape of Secret Advisor who showed plenty in defeat at Windsor on Monday - having looked at one stage like the job had been done.

He is likely to be cramped odds to put that right, but should take all the beating.

The combination of trainer Richard Hannon and jockey Silvestre de Sousa catch the eye with Rita’s Man in the VW Van Centre (West Yorkshire) Handicap. The Lawman colt got up close home to land a 16-runner handicap at Redcar and could just be ahead of the assessor.

Sigurd could be the answer to the Matchbook Racing Is Commission Free Handicap Hurdle at Market Rasen, judged on recent exploits.

Caravaggio should maintain his unblemished record in Naas’s EMS Copiers Lacken Stakes.