HIGH Premium, despite reaching the ripe old age of nine, is no back number and can open his account for the season at Hamilton today.

Richard Fahey's former Lincoln winner ran well in the Worthington Spring Mile at Doncaster 13 days ago.

Leading the group in the centre of the track to half-way, High Premium then became outpaced but kept on to finish fifth, beaten around five lengths behind Artful Dane.

With race conditions in his favour High Premium looks the one to be on in the Westcars Saab Trainers' Challenge Launch Claiming Stakes.

Mary Reveley looks to have found the ideal opportunity for her useful hurdler Express Gift to land a rare Flat victory at the Scottish track.

Only lightly-raced on the level in recent year's Express Gift ran a blinder over timber to finish third behind Carlito Brigante in the Imperial Cup at Sandown last month.

Mrs Reveley's eight-year-old has shown his best form with give in the ground, conditions which the gelding will encounter at Hamilton.

Eighth of 21 in a ladies' race at Doncaster in November over an inadequate eight furlongs on his only start on the level last year, Express Gift will find the one mile three furlongs of the Yellow Pages Handicap more suitable and is napped to record his first success on the Flat since September 1993.

Last Thursday's impressive Musselburgh scorer Here Comes Herbie looks a good bet to follow up in the Lanarkshire Handicap over a mile and a half.

Injured following a fall in a Newcastle hurdle last month, Here Comes Herbie will, from now on, be campaigned exclusively on the Flat a move that can pay dividends with another success in Scotland.