Bachelors Pad can maintain David Nicholls' grip on the £15,000-added Walker Smith & Way Stakes on today's opening day of the Chester May meeting.

Break The Rules triumphed for the North Yorkshire trainer in the race in 1998 and Bachelors Pad looks to be an exceptionally well-handicapped animal, who could have been laid out for this.

Lightning Arrow can land the £60,000 Victor Chandler Chester Vase. John Dunlop's colt made steady progress as a juvenile and showed a good turn of speed to beat Sossus Vlei by two and a half lengths recently. Jack Goodman gets the nod in a wide-open race for the £25,000-added Stanley Leisure Stakes (Showcase Handicap).

Paris Star, who opened his account at Lingfield last month, can maintain his progress.