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A CLUTCH of horses that were trained specifically for the Lincoln meeting at Doncaster last month are out again and the most of the talking is about DON'T PANIC, who sensationally hacked up on the Town Moor mile.
<p>EVERYONE wants to be on the John Smith's Grand National winner and there's no doubt the majority of punters will fancy favourite Cloudy Lane to show Donald McCain is a chip off the old block.</p>
EVERYONE wants to be on the John Smith's Grand National winner and there's no doubt the majority of punters will fancy favourite Cloudy Lane to show Donald McCain is a chip off the old block.
MARK Johnston's powerful Middleham string looks set to snap into action and SOAPY DANGER can clean up in Doncaster's Shield Conditions Stakes at 3.35.
YEAMAN'S Hall is fancied to land the William Hill Lincoln when the race returns to Doncaster tomorrow after it was switched to Newcastle last year while refurbishment work went ahead.
KAUTO Star or Denman for the Gold Cup - but is the Cheltenham showpieice really such a simple choice?
ON a spectacular 10-race card at Cheltenham today, there isn't time to weigh up all the pros and cons, so gut instinct has to play a part in selections and TWIST MAGIC gets a chance to prove himself out of the top drawer in the Queen Mother Champion Chase.
CHELTENHAM arrives at last for the fans of National Hunt racing and the Tuesday meeting showcases the top all-age hurdlers in the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle.
THE Pipe's West Country stable have made a habit of winning the Sunderlands Imperial Cup at Sandown on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival and ASHKAZAR is hard to oppose.
MAJIMAR won in the style of big improver last time out and is fancied to overcome a stone's rise at the weights in Newbury's Connaught Gold Cup Handicap Chase.
A LOT of the top-tier contenders are being held back for the Cheltenham Festival in a fortnight, giving a second diviison looks about today's Racing Post Handicap Chase at Kempton. But PALARSHAN can benefit by the stayaways with a bold showing.
SPECIAL ENVOY is on a mission to recover his reputation at Haydock and looks worth supporting in the Rendlesham Hurdle (1.05,nap).
BLUE BAJAN, a classy stayer on the flat, looks the sort to take the day's top prize - the Totesport Trophy Hurdle at Newbury - off a low weight.
NICKY Richards sends FAASEL to Cheltenham with a big task ahead of him to beat the likes of Old Vic and State of Play, but you cannot put a line through this quirky sort getting into the argument.
TWIST Magic is hard to oppose for the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot, despite the fact that heavy ground may not be entirely ideal for Paul Nicholl's star.
TIINO Tino from David Pipe's in-form stable could be let in lightly for the partybet.co. Handicap Hurdle at Sandown (3.10).
JONJO O'Neill's stable is is need of a high-profile winner after something of a barren spell and I reckon he pulls out one of his "big guns" in the shape of newcomer MINKOWSKI in Newbury's Thurloe Geos Introductory Hurdle (2.05pm).
ABRAGANTE can restore his reputation for David Pipe after failing in the Hennessy Gold Cup when he goes for the Boylesports.com Gold Cup Handicap Chase today (2.40).
DON'T get caught up in the Voy Per Ustedes short-priced bandwagon for Sandown's Tingle Creek Chase (2.35).
SNOWY Morning can take give Irish raider Willie Mullins the spoils in Saturday's the headline race, the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Handicap Chase, at Newbury.
TWO of the Flared Nostril's Ten to Follow run today with New Little Bric (1.20 Ascot), napped, and Heeze a Dreamer (2.35 Haydock) also enagaged.
NEW LITTLE BRIC - Paul Nicholls' well-related six-year-old is probably well-handicapped after a below-par run at the Cheltenham Festival. There is better to come from this six-year-old, who surely will be laid out for a top handicap and probably take a couple of other races as well.
THE absence of ante-post favourite Don't Push It from the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham this afternoon (Saturday), leaves Yorkshire trainer Ferdy Murphy with a strong hand in this prestigious race.
MARK Johnston's Golden Quest should not be overlooked for this afternoon's Casarewitch (3.55) at Newmarket, writes Flared Nostril.
THE Cambridgeshire at Newmarket (3.55) is traditionally one of the toughest handicaps to win and the handicapper may have given Babodana a bit of a sniff at this major prize.
THE JUMPS season starts in earnest with a fine card at Market Rasen and in these early skirmishes it may be to stick with the already battle-hardened PIGEON ISLAND .
RISING Shadow has ticks in all the right boxes for the Ayr Gold Cup (3.30pm, the feature race of the afternoon at the Scottish track.
THE ST Leger at Doncaster today (Saturday) looks a terrific race and Aidan O'Brien's Honolulu is the likely favourite, given that Johnny Murtagh rides this one out of four raiders from the top Irish yard.
THE Westmorland Gazette sponsors the opening race at Cartmel's Bank Holiday Monday meeting, and the event has been split into two events because of a high entry.
WE had some excellent selections at York yesterday and the Flared Nostril cannot promise to match the five winners he came up with for you, including the 11-1 River Falcon in the last race!
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