CHARM TO WORK MAGIC

Poetic Charm can work her magic in the Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket tomorrow.

The Dubawi filly is one of the least experienced horses in the Group Three over seven furlongs, but she is still likely to come out on top for the Godolphin operation.

Trainer Charlie Apple by will head to his local course expectant of a huge run from Poetic Charm after she did so well on her debut over this course and distance in July, winning by a length from Sizzling.

A few horses in the field have subsequently found the winner’s enclosure – most significantly fellow Sweet Solera rivals Juliet Capulet and Jousi.

Granted nominal progress, Poetic Charm can uphold the form.

Keep close tabs on Ay Ay in the preceding handicap over a mile and a quarter.

The David Elsworth-trained three-year-old left a lasting impression over this course and distance a fortnight ago when he claimed fifth place behind Anything today, beaten just over two lengths.

There’s good racing at Haydock, with Sir Michael Stoute expected to head back to Freemason Lodge with two big prizes in safekeeping.

Brigadier Gerard winner Autocratic was a late withdrawal from the York Stakes a few weeks ago, but Stoute’s patience with him can prove a most virtuous characteristic in the Rose of Lancaster Stakes.

Stablemate Mittens later gets the chance to shine in the Listed Dick Hern Stakes over a mile.

The Shergar Cup is not for everybody, but Byron Flyer can at least satiate those who feel the need to have a bet on the Ascot jamboree, where the selection goes in the stayers’ handicap over two miles.