One trainer, one jockey, one horse and one race to watch on Saturday

One trainer

Harry Fry is a trainer seemingly growing in stature year on year and when you look at the strength-in-depth of his five-strong squad at Ascot on Saturday, it would be disappointing were he not to grace the winner's enclosure at least once.

His day at the Berkshire track begins with a two-pronged attack on the My Pension Expert Handicap Chase (1.50), as he saddles the seasoned pair of Hell's Kitchen and Overtown Express.

Following that Unowhatimeanharry would appeal as one of the more solid contenders for Grade 1 laurels in the JLT Long Walk Hurdle (2.25), while it will be interesting to see if the Seaborough trainer can extract any improvement from The Last Samuri, who makes his first start for the yard in the Listed Garrard Silver Cup Handicap Chase (3.00) after leaving the care of Kim Bailey.

All eyes will then turn to Jolly's Cracked It in the concluding Betfair Exchange Trophy (3.35), with bookmakers not underestimating this course-and-distance winning nine-year-old in deploying him as favourite to regain a prize he landed in 2015.

One jockey

One of the nicer problems to have when you are the retained jockey for a top owner is choosing your rides in big races, and one suspects Daryl Jacob was set quite a conundrum in the Long Walk Hurdle.

Simon Munir and Isaac Souede are set to saddle Call Me Lord and Top Notch in the feature Grade 1 with Jacob opting to steer the former, who although unexposed wouldn't appear to have the same depth of form at this stage as his esteemed Nicky Henderson-trained stablemate Top Notch.

Other notable mounts for Jacob at Ascot include Kildisart in the Sebastian's Action Trust Graduation Chase (1.15), Janika in the My Pension Expert Handicap Chase (1.50) and Full Glass in the Garrard Silver Cup (3.00), each for Munir and Souede as the trio gear up for a tilt at King George VI Chase glory with Bristol De Mai on Boxing Day.

One horse

One suspects we are yet to get to the bottom of the Gary Moore-trained Benatar. Well renowned for pulling too hard in his races, more often that not he is the architect of his own downfall but still boasts plenty of smart form to his credit.

His fourth in the Christy 1965 Chase has since been franked by the second home Charbel, who romped home in the Grade 2 Peterborough Chase and Benatar is interesting upped to three miles for the first time in the Garrard Silver Cup (3.00).

Getting the better of Finian's Oscar in the Grade 2 Noel Novices' Chase here last season is a taking piece of form and perhaps a step up in trip could be exactly what is required for the talented son of Beneficial.

One race

In the Exchange Trophy punters are treated to a hugely competitive heat and one can readily make an argument for the majority of the field.

Western Ryder: sure to encounter testing conditions at SandownCredit: John Grossick (racingpost/photos.com)

Don't rule out seeing a horse take this before going on to better things either. Brain Power was a mightily impressive winner of this race in 2016 and the Warren Greatrex-trained Western Ryder, who was third to Brain Power in the International Hurdle last weekend, backs up quickly off a mark of 145 and is just one of a plethora of plausible winners.

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