Veteran can plough through the mud on drop in class

No. 1
Melodic Rendezvous
2.40 Newbury
1pt win at 7-1 generallyThe news that Newbury endured 11mm of rain overnight will be music to the ears of trainer Jeremy Scott, whose Melodic Rendezvous has always been at his happiest when the mud is flying.

He is some way from the horse he once was, but was beaten only two and a quarter lengths by Ch'Tibello with My Tent Or Yours and Old Guard behind him on heavy ground at Haydock in November and again ran well in the Kingwell Hurdle last time.

Way out of his depth that day, he was not headed until between the last two by Yanworth and co and he'll find this company much easier to dominate.