Is it Prime Time Lady’sday?
Prime Time Lady won impressively at Cartmel at their last meeting, and the double penalty may not stop the five-yearold’s hat-trick.
The contender that’s difficult to assess is Gordon Elliott’s Hophornbeam, who won well at Clonmel – but against what?
Last month’s Cartmel success for Prime Time Lady looks a little deeper than today’s task, so she gets the nap vote.
Jimmy Moffatt trains adjacent to the track, and maybe Alqamar, his Godolphin reject, can take the following extended two-mile handicap hurdle.
Alqamar struggled to get his head in for Charlie Appleby, although he did run Speedo Boy to a head in a two-mile Ascot handicap, off 91.
He would have needed the comeback run at the Ayr Grand National meeting, and his latest at Aintree should see him spot on.
The 11-year-old, Brelan D’as, improved at Hexham last time when he was third, beaten a length and a neck by Rapid Flight, a winner again on Friday.
He’s been raised 1lb for that much-improved effort to 110, which is a far cry from the mid-130s of a year ago.