FRIDAY'S SELECTIONS AINTREE: 5.45 Sun Quest, 6.15 Cape Greko, 6.50
Otarie, 7.20 Benetwood, 7.55 Cashari, 8.25 Wun Chai DOWNPATRICK: 5.30 Mr Ramsay, 6.00 Coscorrig,
6.30 Lisa Bleu, 7.05 Harps Counsel, 7.35 Inner Voice, 8.10 Black
Cat Crossing, 8.40 Rainbow Dash HAMILTON: 6.05 Snow Bay, 6.35 Van Bossed, 7.10
Sheer Fantastic, 7.40 Tawzeea, 8.15 Yorkshire Blue, 8.45
Moonstreaker RIPON: 5.55 Just Five, 6.25 Not Now Lewis, 7.00
Obe Gold, 7.30 Veiled Applause, 8.05 Bertie Vista, 8.35
Danzatrice WEXFORD: 5.10 Sienna Storm, 5.40 Bishops Yard,
6.10 January, 6.45 King Of Westphalia, 7.15 Mooretown Boy, 7.50
Dawn Assault, 8.20 Femme Du Noir SATURDAY SELECTIONS: ASCOT: 1.10 Regal Flush, 1.45 Jamboretta, 2.20
ZAAHID (NAP), 2.50 Roly Boy, 3.20 Gee Dee Nen, 3.55 Woodcote. DOWNPATRICK: 2.15 Rochester Falls, 2.45 Posh
Lady, 3.15 Grand Article, 3.50 Mrs Mia Wallace, 4.30 Ben Britten,
5.00 Rapid Return, 5.30 Ardglen. HAYDOCK: 1.25 Copsale Lad, 2.00 I'm So Lucky,
2.30 My Turn Now, 3.00 Berbice, 3.30 Seaway, 4.00 Minus Fifteen,
4.30 Raptor. HEXHAM: 2.35 Desert Stag, 3.05 Boulevin, 3.35
Toy Gun, 4.10 Zaffie Parson, 4.45 Justwhateverulike, 5.15
Chernik. LINGFIELD: 2.10 Many Volumes, 2.40 Look Here,
3.10 Curtain Call, 3.45 Verba, 4.20 Secret Dancer, 4.55 Autumn
Blades, 5.25 Scarlet Flyer. NOTTINGHAM: 1.55 Azygous, 2.25 Pass The Port,
2.55 Street Star, 3.25 Cartimandua, 4.05 Black Falcon, 4.40
Nortune, 5.10 Ours. THIRSK: 6.10 Dazzling Dust, 6.40 Alexander
Huricane, 7.10 Collette's Choice, 7.40 Dispol Isle, 8.10 Stormin
Heart, 8.40 Silidan. WARWICK: 5.55 Kitto Katsu, 6.25 Rigged, 6.55
Dansilver, 7.25 Goodbye, 7.55 Opera Prince, 8.25 Eureka Moment. DOUBLE: Zaahid and Curtain Call. Luca Cumani treads a familiar path on Saturday as Curtain Call
leads the line-up for the totesport.com Derby Trial Stakes at
Lingfield. The Newmarket handler sent both Kahyasi and High Rise to win the
one-mile-three-furlong heat before going on to glory at Epsom in
1988 and 1998 respectively. Although it would be a big jump to say for sure Curtain Call
will come out on top on the first Saturday in June, it is fair to
say he will be hard to beat here. Trained by Jessica Harrington as a juvenile, the son of Sadler's
Wells bagged a Group Two victory and managed to split subsequent
2000 Guineas second and first, New Approach and Henrythenavigator,
in the Futurity at the Curragh. Recruited by Cumani over the winter, Curtain Call made a good
start at Nottingham when beating two moderate rivals in a virtual
canter over 10 furlongs. That told his supporters little except he has wintered well, but
Cumani has a huge amount of faith in this colt and that he is
taking the tried-and-tested route may be indicative of high
expectations. Look Here is something of an unknown quantity but she is worth a
try in the totesport 0800 221 221 Oaks Trial Stakes. This daughter of Hernando raced just once a juvenile but she
impressed many watchers when accounting for subsequent winner and
Derby fancy Doctor Fremantle at Newmarket. Although returning from a long lay-off, Look Here can supply
trainer Ralph Beckett with a second successive win in the race. Verba is taken to launch a successful raid for France-based
Englishman Richard Gibson in the totesport Betxtra Chartwell
Fillies' Stakes. Zaahid can land a deserved win the totesport Victoria Cup at
Ascot. Barry Hills' runner missed the cut for the Lincoln at the
beginning of the season and was unfortunate to run into the
rapidly-improving Don't Panic when finishing fourth in the
consolation race. He then lined up against Lang Shining at Newbury and despite
being well fancied he could not match the pace of the Sir Michael
Stoute-trained winner. Zaahid should not be written off after those two defeats though
and can once again prove competitive in this seven-furlong
heat. Regal Flush proved good enough to finish fourth in last year's
St Leger and it would be a big surprise if he were turned over in
the John Doyle Buckhounds Stakes. At Nottingham, Cartimandua can shrug off a near year-long
lay-off to score in the Listed totetentofollow.co.uk Kilvington
Fillies' Stakes. Goodbye has hit the bar on his last two starts but can come good
in Warwick's HBG Construction Ltd Handicap, while Alexander
Huricane is the pick in Thirsk's Dick Peacock Sprint Handicap. Haydock stage a mixed card with the Grade Three totepool Swinton
Handicap Hurdle the highlight. David Pipe landed the race with Acambo in 2006 and his I'm So
Lucky looks a likely type this time around. A winner at Royal Ascot two years ago, I'm So Lucky evidently
possesses plenty of class and really seems to have benefited from
the switch to Pipe's care earlier this year. An impressive winner at Stratford in March, I'm So Lucky was
last seen when finishing second in a decent Listed event at the
Grand National meeting. He probably did not see out the two-and-a-half-mile trip that
day but a drop back in distance here should suit and he must have a
good chance in this ultra-competitive event. Desert Stag shaped with promise in three bumpers and gets the
nod in the Countryside Skills Courses "National Hunt" Novices'
Hurdle at Hexham. | 
