Ian Balding has his team well forward and the Kingsclere trainer can strike with Scorned in the Milcars Stanmore Conditions Stakes at Kempton today. Reappearing over a mile at Doncaster's Lincoln meeting, this brother to the smart Hidden Meadow showed improved form to slam Libra Star by eight lengths.
Judged on that effort the step up to 10 furlongs appears well within Scorned's compass and a follow-up looks on the cards.
Henry Cecil runs the highly-regarded Chester House in the Milcars Easter Stakes and this imposing individual merits consideration as he sets out on the road to big-race glory.
Successful on his debut at Goodwood in August, the son of Mr Prospector then dead-heated for second, five lengths behind subsequent Group One winner Saratoga Springs, in York's Acomb Stakes, having been chased along throughout.
Just the type to develop into a smart three-year-old, Chester House can endorse connections' high opinion of him with victory.
Alharir can put herself in the frame for the fillies' Classics with victory in the Milcars Masaka Stakes. John Dunlop's horses are in good order and this superbly bred daughter of Zafonic showed enough last term to suggest she could take high rank this year.
Alharir, just the type to do well at three, will benefit from easier conditions at the Sunbury track and looks a good bet to get off the mark for the campaign.
The Snow Burn, beaten a whisker by Orange Imp at Hexham last time, can gain compensation in the BBC Radio Cumbria Novices' Hurdle at Carlisle.
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