Yuften worthy favourite for Doncaster win

Son of Invincible Spirit made for the rough and tumble

THE FERRET

YUFTEN is a worthy favourite for the Betway Lincoln as the Flat turf season returns at Doncaster.

The son of Invincible Spirit is a good horse, but he is already a chiselled operator in rough-and-tumble races like this.

It is interesting Roger Charlton and Yuften’s owners, Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar, have had the Lincoln in mind all winter, during which time he was gelded. Be that as it may, a deviation from the gameplan might have been necessary had he won on his return at Wolverhampton on March 11.

The ground will also be fine for him, with the reappointment of Doncaster shrewdie Andrea Atzeni hardly off-putting.

This season’s renewal of the Betway Doncaster Mile looks strong, but there could be some mileage in going back to basics by supporting good old

TULLIUS. Andrew Balding’s nineyear-old often goes well as a fresh horse and won this Listed race two years ago. BIRCHWOOD’s form at his best is not a great deal shy of being top class. With that very much in mind, he is fancied to make a winning comeback in the Betway Cammidge Trophy, which hardly looks an insurmountable ordeal for a horse of his calibre. Good stuff at Kempton, too, where a race-fit

VIREN’S ARMY might be the answer to the Betfred-sponsored Magnolia Stakes.

Now in training with Charlie Appleby, he looked the part in the Dee Stakes at Chester last May and appeared as fit as a flea when he tootled home in a Meydan handicap in February. SELECTIONS: DONCASTER: 1.50 Birchwood, 2.25 Examiner, 3.00 Tullius, 3.35 YUFTEN (NAP), 4.10 Almane, 4.45 Move To The Front, 5.20 Hold Sway, 5.50 Take Two. KEMPTON: 1.30 Wefait, 2.05 Viren’s Army, 2.40 Go Far, 3.15 Prince Of Arran, 3.50 Global Alexander, 4.25 Dolphin Village, 5.00 Glan Y Gors. DOUBLE: Yuften and Birchwood.