Usher in winner at Newmarket

Five-year-old should be available at attractive odds

Fortune can finally favour

USHERETTE as the French mare is fancied to rule in the Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket.

Andre Fabre’s inmate has already had a distinguished career, but things have not really gone her way this season.

She was a little unfortunate in the Prix d’Ispahan in May and then endured even greater misfortune as she attempted to claim back-to-back renewals of the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Usherette only went down by a length to Qemah, but she was rarely afforded the luxury of a clean path and simply had to ride out the storm for most of the race.

The five-year-old daughter of Shamardal was then sent to Deauville for the Prix Rothschild, but she did not appear totally at ease with having to make the running and eventually weakened into sixth place.

A return to more protracted tactics did its job in a Listed race at Maisons-Laffitte last month when she stayed on with plenty of vim to score by a short neck.

Usherette is a seriously smart horse when she gets the breaks and yet she is likely to be available at nice odds.

With Ryan Moore on board, Sir Michael Stoute’s BLUSHING ROSE is well fancied in the British EBF Breeders Fillies Series mid-distance handicap.

With some useful form of late, which has included wins on her last two outings, Rose should have the bookies red in the face.

Kelso’s card is a rarity tomorrow in that there is some real quality on show, with FOREST BIHAN top of the tree.

Brian Ellison has one of his stable stars very early in the season for the NSPCC School Service Handicap Chase but he would not need to improve on any of his form from last term to make a winning reappearance.

Make no mistake, he faces far from a cakewalk against the likes of Double W’s, Just Cameron and Simply Ned, but Forest Bihan has the potential to be better than a handicapper this season.

Kevin Ryan does not have too many jumpers in his care but BEYOND THE CLOUDS could be very good.

The four-year-old won two of his three bumpers and makes his debut over timber in the Celebration Novices’ Hurdle. SELECTIONS: NEWMARKET: 1.30 Old Persian, 2.05 Kassia, 2.40 USHERETTE (NAP), 3.15 Astrologist, 3.50 Scenery, 4.25 Soul Silver, 5.00 Blushing Rose, 5.35 Elysian Fields.

KELSO: 1.35 Prince Khurram, 2.05 Weapon Of Choice, 2.40 Beyond The Clouds, 3.15 Point The Way, 3.50 Bestiarius, 4.20 FOREST BIHAN (NAP), 4.50 Its Pandorama, 5.20 Call The Cops.

DOUBLE: Usherette and Forest Bihan.