Amberjam can taste sweet victory

● Sherwood sets sights on fourth win in a row at Lingfield

Amberjam can make it four wins on the bounce and defy another leap up the ratings in the Injured Jockeys Fund Surrey National Handicap Chase at Lingfield.

The seven-year-old is hardly one of Oliver Sherwood’s stable stars as even with a recent 6lb hike in the weights, he is still rated only108, but he has been making progress at a rate of knots this term. He scored the first of three successive wins at Huntingdon in November 2014, but a tendon injury then kept him on the sidelines until New Year’s Eve, when he made a victorious return over hurdles.

Sherwood wasted little time in switching his sights to fences following that success, and Amberjam duly rose to the challenge to win by threequarters of a length.

Nicky Henderson’s Take To Heart has shown up well in two bumpers to date so should take some stopping in the Retraining Of Racehorses Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race.

Owned by The Queen, he was beaten three lengths on his debut at Southwell and was then third at Doncaster in November.

He has been given plenty of time to strengthen up since then and his family has produced the likes of Open Hearted and Close Touch.

Donald Mccain has been the man to follow at Carlisle this year and his Fin And Game really caught the eye when second on his debut at Bangor.

On a stiffer track, given how strongly he finished, he should take plenty of beating in the closing bumper.

Shamshon can take the richest prize of the day, the Betway Handicap at Wolverhampton.

Racing off a mark of 93, he is still some way below his career-high perch of 106, so there should be something to work with.