Tom Dascombe planning Groundhog day as Arcanada goes for Wolverhampton repeat

Tom Dascombe is really getting into the spirit of Groundhog day. After scoring a repeat win with a six-year-old All-Weather Championships contender on Saturday, he hopes to do exactly the same on Monday at Wolverhampton.

Arcanada, who scored at Lingfield on New Year's Eve, is having the second of the three runs he needs to qualify for the Good Friday meeting and takes on Group 2-placed Oh This Is Us in the same £19,000 conditions event (5.55) he won in 2018.

Dascombe said: "There are limited opportunities for him to have his three runs and it's a very competitive race, so we'll just have to see how we get on. He did well on New Year's Eve and the plan is to go to Lingfield on Good Friday."

Fellow six-year-old Kachy broke his second track record in as many races since wind surgery when scoring at Lingfield on Saturday.

"Mentally he's better than ever," Dascombe said. "I think he's just matured – I don't know if the wind operation has helped him but it certainly hasn't had a negative effect!

"He broke well, he did everything right and won well. I'd guess he'll go straight to Lingfield on Good Friday, he seems to be a better horse fresh so we try not to overdo him."

Apprentice championship goal

Championship-chasing Cieren Fallon bids to score the first victory of what could be a big year for the apprentice on the Mick Appleby-trained Secret Lightning at Wolverhampton (4.55).

The 7lb claimer, whose father Kieren was champion jockey six times, rode four winners last year and has high hopes for 2019.

"Being champion apprentice is going to be my goal for the year," said Fallon, 19. "I think I've got the right people around to help me and support me. I've got a really good trainer in William Haggas and a really good agent in Phil Shea."Fallon, who had his first mount of the year last Friday, continued: "I've been working really hard and I've got a personal trainer to keep fit. I was with David Hayes in Australia for just over two months – I learned plenty about the clock and timing.

On his Wolverhampton ride, Fallon added: "I'm looking forward to Secret Lightning. She's got a bad draw but likes to be handy – it depends how she jumps out and if I'm stuck two off the rail it won't really bother me."

'He's done something that most horses don't'

No other British Flat horse has won more than two races in 2019 but Foreign Legion bids for his fourth victory in 25 days at Chelmsford (3.30).

Trainer Luke McJannet, who picked up the unraced Coolmore castoff for just 4,000gns last summer, said: "He's flying and I think he can definitely win again. He comes back from every race absolutely bouncing and we're trying to win the most races and go for the all-weather horse of the year.

Luke McJannet on Foreign Legion: 'He's flying and I think he can definitely win again'

McJannet, a former stable lad and apprentice who is in his third year in charge of a string of 15 in Newmarket, added: "Even if he never wins another race he's done something that most horses don't, he's won three races in three weeks over six furlongs, seven furlongs and a mile."

The one-time 180,000gns yearling, reverts to six furlongs on this occasion and now races off a mark of 62 – 17lb higher than when his winning run started.

"His most impressive win was over six furlongs at Kempton," McJannet said. "I know it was a Class 7 he won, but if you compare the time of that race with the Class 4 the day before he was faster and they were 80-rated horses.

"He's improving and he'll never be a horse that wins by five or six lengths, he'll always just do enough which is ideal for handicaps."

Maxwell finds perfect race for Sivola

Jockey David Maxwell hopes Taunton survives a morning inspection, having found an ideal opportunity for Diplomate Sivola in the £15,800 handicap chase (4.15).

The six-year-old, who is also owned by his jockey, was a 12-length winner at Lingfield in November and is also entered in a £5,000 hunter chase at Ludlow on Wednesday.

However, Maxwell said: "Hunter chases are so hard to win – they're full of horses rated 135. Handicapping is probably easier!"

All smiles... David Maxwell weighs in after winning the Grade 3 Prix Morgex chase at AuteuilCredit: Racing Post / Scott Burton

The career two-time winner was hit with a 13lb rise for his Lingfield success and Maxwell added: "He's in good nick and the softer the ground, the better for him.

"He's a bonny little horse with a nice attitude but I was a bit surprised how well he won at Lingfield. I think he just wanted to go a bit further and needs three miles and soft ground."

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