Bank on Brian at Pontefract

tips: Read nothing into the name as he is expected to fly along on track he likes

BRIAN THE SNAIL can make a mockery of his sluggish name by preserving his unbeaten record in the six-furlong handicap at Pontefract.

Unbeaten in two outings for Richard Fahey last year, it was announced recently that he has been purchased by the powerful Godolphin operation.

A winner on his debut in September at this track, we know he handles Pontefract as some horses can find it tricky, he looked a smart prospect next time out.

After a recent spin on the allweather, COTE D’AZUR can return to winning ways in the feature £25,000 10-furlong handicap.

Les Eyre’s stable star ran no sort of a race at Wolverhampton but his starting price suggested he would be in need of the run.

With 2lb off his back for this engagement, we know he is capable of going close from around this rating and with a run under his belt he has a fitness edge over many of his market rivals.

DAIMOCHI can make a winning return to action in the one-mile maiden at Lingfield.

Only eighth of nine in a Newmarket maiden on his debut in October, he

stepped up markedly on that at Lingfield in November.

Beaten into third, just three-quarters of a length behind the winner, he looked to have learned plenty from his initial outing. SELECTIONS:

LINGFIELD: 2.00 Daimochi, 2.30 Team Meeting, 3.00 Our Man In Havana, 3.30 Viewpoint, 4.00 Parkour, 4.30 Miss Tiger Lily, 5.00 Smoky Hill, 5.30 Fair Comment.

PONTEFRACT: 2.10 All You, 2.40 Above Normal, 3.10 BRIAN THE SNAIL (NAP), 3.40 Our Folly, 4.10 Cote D’Azur, 4.40 Acadian Angel, 5.10 Chiswick Bey, 5.40 We’ll Shake Hands.

DOUBLE: Brian The Snail and Daimochi.