SIR BOND (3.15) can make it win number five for the year by taking Hamilton's DM Hall Handicap.

After three victories at the fag end of the winter on the all-weather circuit, it looked as if Sir Bond was a sand specialist through-and-through, but that theory was shot to bits when he plundered a seven-furlong contest on grass at Musselburgh in May.

Bryan Smart's raider has since had another go on turf and been beaten into seventh spot. However, despite failing to make the frame, it was a bunch finish that day and in actual fact wasn't too far behind the leaders having twice been badly hampered during the course of the race.

In the preceding Famous Grouse Classified Stakes, Go Solo (2.45) is fancied to follow-up his battling Redcar success.

Go Solo nobbled a decent horse of Ann Duffield's, Jubilee Street, on that occasion, leading many good judges to believe that Alan Swinbank's gelding possesses the potential to win a fair few more races this summer.

The longest event on the card, the mile-and-a-half Friends Of Peter Hunter Handicap, might also prove to be the trickiest to solve.

Derby-winning trainer, Michael Bell, despatches the ultra-consistent Golden Gate up from Newmarket, while Wiltshire, claimed out of David Flood's yard by Paul Blockley, could play his part. Neither of those two are easy to discount, nevertheless preference is still for Middleham representative, Kindling (3.45).

The connections of Kindling suffered every owner's nightmare when the three-year-old led everywhere bar the finishing line at Ripon last week. It was a bitter pill to swallow and there's only one way to redress the balance in such agonising situations - and that's to get straight back in the ring and make doubly sure of the knockout punch next time out.

Whether jockey Kevin Darley will employ similar front-running tactics is not certain seeing as they didn't quite work last time, especially as pace-setters often come back to the field on Hamilton's stiff climb to the post.

An outsider worthy of a second glance is Time To Remember (4.45), the each-way recommendation for the closing six-furlong dash.

Time To Remember is a funny old customer, just the sort to pop up when least expected. Interestingly the stalls have most unusually been placed on the stands' side, which should hand the advantage to those drawn low.

In the prevailing circumstances Richard Fahey's gelding is perfectly berthed emerging from gate two, from where he has the ideal pitch to bag the favoured near side rail.

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