Haydock, Beverley and Yarmouth

The best racing this afternoon is at Haydock and most of the top jockeys will be there. Frankie Dettori teams up with Mark Johnston on Below Zero, top-weight in the 3yo 6 furlongs handicap at 16.20CET, and Pentominium in the mile handicap for 3yo´s at 16 .50. The latter is difficult to assess, having scrambled home in a modest all-weather affair when last seen in February, and it could be that top-weight, Brian Meehan´s Seafarer, winner of his only start so far, will prove stronger, while Spoken (Roger Charlton/ Steve Drowne) also looks dangerous. It is not clear who rides Seafarer, as Martin Dwyer has an ankle injury. However we fancy Below Zero, who ended in mid-field in a hot Newmarket handicap last time, in his race, where the main danger comes from Diman Waters (Eric Alston/ Ryan Moore), first or second in all 4 starts this season. Jeremy Noseda has been having a quiet season up to now, but we think he can take the 10 furlongs handicap at 17.55 with the very well-bred b ut lighly-raced Plymouth Rock (Ryan Moore).

Noseda can also be on the scorecard at Beverley with Advertisement (Tom Eaves) in the 7 1/2 furlongs maiden at 17.00; Fifty Moore (Jedd O´Keeffe/ Pat Cosgrave) and Rule Breaker( Mark Johnston/ Silvestre de Sousa), both runners-up last time, are the obvious dangers. It could be the second leg of a double for the jockey, who also has a good chance with Green Poppy in the 5 furlongs handicap at 15.30. However these sprint handicaps at Beverley are always tricky, and we would not be surprised to see long-shot Tournedos (Ruth Carr/ James Sullivan) run well here. he has been way out of form in recent starts, but the handicapper has dropped him an amazing 40 lbs since last summer.

The best race at Yarmouth is another sprint handicap, over 6 furlongs at 17.10. Lightly-raced Deacon Blues (James Fanshawe/ Jamie Spencer) is the obvious favourite here, but top-weights Street Power (Jeremy Gask/ Adam Kirby) and Angus Newz (Mick Quinn/ Seb Sanders), both dropping in grade, look threatening.