Signposts Sweetspots: Topofthegame can prove top drawer for Nicholls

Nicky Henderson has a 29 per cent strike-rate at Sandown which increases to an impressive 50 per cent when Daryl Jacob is on board. The pair team up in the 1.55 with course runner-up The Bottom Bar.

Paul Nicholls has a 31 per cent strike-rate at Exeter and a 32 per cent strike-rate with horses running for the first-time since wind surgery. The trainer is represented by Topofthegame in the 2.35.

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Evan Williams has a 35 per cent strike-rate at Sedgefield and saddles the potentially well-handicapped Inch Lala in the 1.10.

Hugo Palmer has been operating at an impressive 60 per cent strike-rate over the past fortnight. He saddles his only runner of the day in the shape of handicap debutant Debbonair in the 6.45 at Kempton.