Haydock Placepot picks: Paul Kealy's perm for the £50k guaranteed pool

An amateur riders' handicap (5.40) starts Placepot proceedings at Haydock, and Expressionless looks well worth including, given he is in cracking form and has a rider with a decent strike-rate. 

Dance Time is fresher than most and has run well enough on her two outings this season, so is added as back-up.

Only four go in the next (6.15), but Hawksbill is entitled to be long odds-on against the two who have run, so he goes in as a banker in the hope he'll know too much for the one newcomer.

All five have a shout in the next (6.50), but Santa Croce, a sister to Duke Of Firenze, has to be of interest on her handicap debut, dropping to a sprint trip for the first time, while Lexington Belle is another who looks likely to appreciate a drop in trip.

The following novice (7.25) is more open, but Mr Fantastic and Cymbidium have shown a fair amount of promise and one of them will hopefully squeeze into the first three.

The juvenile maiden (8.00) looks weak and Mandana, a half-sister to several winners who showed decent form, displayed more than enough promise on her Newmarket debut to suggest she can take a race of this nature.

At least there's a competitive handicap to finish (8.32), and FInbar's Lad, who is in a rich vein of form and has won here, and Saturnalia, who has performed with credit on his last two starts, are the selections.

Haydock Placepot perm

5.40
4 Expressionless
10 Dance Time

6.15
3 Hawksbill

6.50
1 Lexington Belle
5 Santa Croce

7.25
4 Mr Fantastic
11 Cymbidium

8.00
8 Mandana

8.32
4 Finbar's Lad
5 Saturnalia

2x1x2x2x1x2 = 16 lines

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