Progressive Minella Awards ready to show his worth

Newmarket: David Milnes

Hipster Boy (6.15 Wolverhampton, nap)

John Gosden’s Dubawi colt may have found the ground too testing on his debut at Nottingham this month but still ran well to be third. The juvenile has impressed since then on Long Hill.

Others to follow
Lingfield 12.15 Gulliver, 12.50 Galloway Hills, 3.00 Labhay, 3.40 Annie Salts.
Wolverhampton 5.45 Shakour, 6.45 Berryessa.

Lambourn: James Burn

Wallace Spirit (3.50 Ascot, nap)

Top trainer Nicky Henderson has won this race a couple of times in recent seasons and thinks plenty of this good-looking Le Havre newcomer who has done well over the summer, having come close to running in the spring.

Others to follow
Ascot 12.20 Take To Heart, 12.55 Lough Derg Farmer, 1.30 Hitherjacques Lady, 2.05 Top Notch, 2.40 Dicosimo.
Haydock 3.35 Lessons In Milan.
Huntingdon 12.00 No Hiding Place, 12.30 Casablanca Mix, 1.05 Bridge Of Cally, 1.40 Star Foot, 2.15 Fort Smith, 3.25 French Crusader.
Lingfield 11.45 Mr Large, 12.15 Chevallier, 12.50 Hit The Beat, 3.40 Blazed.
Wolverhampton 5.45 Mr Reckless, 6.15 Voyager Blue, 7.15 Vegas Boy, 8.15 Every Chance, 9.15 Tuscany.

West Country: Tim Mitchell

Minella Awards (2.25 Haydock, nap)

Lightly-raced but progressive hurdler for Harry Fry last season, winning the EBF Final before signing off with a career-best at Punchestown in April. Connections have had this race in mind for a while and, with further improvement likely, a bold showing will be expected.

Others to follow
Ascot 12.55 Soupy Soups. 1.30 Whatsthatallabout, 2.05 Frodon, 2.40 Defi Du Seuil, 3.15 Quite By Chance, 3.50 Dr Rhythm.
Haydock 12.10 Dynamite Dollars, 1.15 Clan Des Obeaux, 1.50 Verni, 3.00 Cue Card, 3.35 Robinsfirth.Huntingdon: 1.40 Fool To Cry, 3.25 Cheeky Chica.

North: Colin Russell

Lanjano (9.15 Wolverhampton, nap)

Lightly-raced sort who ran his best race for a while when tried up over 7f for the first time at Redcar last month. Further progress likely and fancied to get off the mark on his AW debut.

Others to follow
Ascot 3.15 Upsilon Bleu.
Haydock 12.10 Midnight Shadow, 12.40 Courtown Oscar, 1.15 Vintage Clouds, 1.50 Chti Balko, 2.25 Sam Spinner, 3.35 Cloudy Too.
Huntingdon: Dig A Bit Deeper, 1.05 Buonarroti, 1.40 Nefyn Bay.
Lingfield 1.25 Falcon's Fire, 2.35 Jack Blane.
Wolverhampton 5.45 The Lincoln Lawyer, 6.15 Angelina d'Or, 6.45 Lydiate Lady, 7.15 Lina's Star, 8.15 Barnaby Brook, 8.45 Ingleby Angel.

Racing Post Ratings: Steve Mason

Smad Place (2.05 Ascot, nap)

A 170+ performer at his peak, he posted his best figure (168) for nearly a year when making a winning reappearance at Aintree and will be hard to beat if he runs to a similar level today.

Topspeed: Dave Edwards

Three Musketeers (2.25 Haydock)

Shaped encouragingly at Aintree a month ago and Dan Skelton's six-year-old can make his presence felt in this competitive staying handicap.

Longshot: Ed Quigley

Sir Valentino (3.15 Ascot)

Jumping errors on very testing ground put pay to his chances in the Haldon Gold Cup. Can go well on a better surface with that run under his belt.

Ireland: Tony O'Hehir

Kuraka (12.05 Gowran Park)

Runner-up to the smart Espoir D'Allen on his hurdling debut at Down Royal three weeks ago, the Gordon Elliott-trained gelding has solid claims in today's juvenile maiden hurdle and gets the vote to score under Davy Russell.

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