Rainbow to keep Dreamer’s run going

Alan King enjoyed an exceptional Royal Ascot and can keep the bandwagon rolling with another big-race success in the Betfair Northumberland Plate at Newcastle tomorrow.

The Barbury Castle trainer sentoutthreewinnersinBerkshirelastweekandhasbooked oneofhisAscot-winningpilots in Hollie Doyle to team up with Rainbow Dreamer in the feature event on Saturday.

Doyle was also on board for the seven-year-old’s return at Gosforth Park earlier this month, when he ran a very respectable fourth behind Nayef Road in the Group Three Sagaro Stakes.

The winner went on to prove best of the rest behind theexceptionalStradivariusin theGoldCup,givingaverysolid feeltoRainbowDreamer’sfivelengthdefeatoverthesameextendedtwomileshefaceshere.

He was very much up against it at the weights that day, so his effort is all the more meritorious, and the fact he had been cutting a swathe through the all-weather staying ranks previously adds further confidence to the selection for a yard which won this tough handicap last year.

ThisistheoreticallyaneasiertaskthanRainbowDreamer faced last time – and while he has a fair bit of weight to contend with, he could still prove a cut above.

Virgin Snow is bred to be something special as a daughter of Gleneagles out of the fantastic racemare Snow Fairy – and she can start to really come of age in the Betfair Exchange Hoppings Fillies’ Stakes.

Shewasthereaboutsintwo outings last year without winning, but soon righted that statisticwithaconvincingsuccess onherreturnthisterm-admittedly only in handicap company.

However,themannerofher victoryonsteppingupto10furlongs was quite taking, and the conditionsofthisGroupThree give her every chance of gaining that all-important black type.

Judicialfoundjustthenowretired Far Above too sharp on his seasonal bow, and should feel the benefit in the Betfair Backs Racing Welfare Chipchase Stakes.

Racing over five furlongs in the Palace House Stakes, Judicial just could not quite match

Far Above for toe, but lost little inbeingbeatenthree-quarters of a length and should surely appreciate switching back to six furlongs now.

Limato returns to the fray at Newmarket and he can defend his crown in the Betway

CriterionStakes.Nowaneightyear-old, Limato is not totally straightforward. But when things fall his way, he can be hardtobeat,particularlyifconditions are on the quicker side.

HenryCandy’schargewasa game neck winner of this seven-furlong heat last year, but his second to Mustashry at the end of the campaign was no disgrace.