RICHARD FAHEY'S faith in Golden Legacy (2.55) could well be vindicated in the feature race at Newmarket, the £50,000 Shadwell Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes.

The shrewd Malton-based handler has described his three-year-old "as the best filly I've ever trained", an opinion founded on her scintillating success in a Group 3 event at Ayr last season.

Fahey took the precaution of giving Golden Legacy a spin on the all-weather prior to this afternoon's seven-furlong event, which combined with the booking of Kieren Fallon to do the steering, should help punters get a good run for their money.

Racing North ten-to-follow selection, Lets Roll (1.10), begins his campaign in the opening RedPoker.com Handicap, a contest for which Chris Thornton's raider has a perfectly good each-way chance.

Lets Roll isn't the biggest horse that ever strutted his stuff on turf, therefore as a result isn't too difficult to get fit on the home gallops. The ultra-stiff mile-and-a-half will additionally be in his favour, and Thornton expects a decent effort from his progressive four-year-old.

Seeing as Michael Jarvis has expressed reservations that Josh might not stay the seven-furlong trip in the European Free Handicap, Kamakiri (1.45) gets the nod instead.

Trainer Richard Hannon, who had a winner at the course yesterday, thinks highly of the Trans Island colt, victorious at both Ascot and Sandown last term. Kamakiri is also well suited by the conditions of the race, receiving weight from all six of his rivals over a trip which he relished during 2004.

Although big fields at Beverley are going to make for fun and games up the tricky home straight, the habitual frontrunner, Senor Eduardo (5.05), should be able to keep well out of trouble.

The Steve Gollings-trained grey has a brilliant draw in stall 17, a berth that will enable the talented apprentice, Danny Tudhope, to take the shortest route by hugging the hugely advantageous far rail.

Lady luck has also shined on The Lord (3.20), drawn 20 of 20 in the five-furlong dash for the Flying Five Handicap.

Bill Turner's speedy gelding has already won competitive sprints at Musselburgh and Kempton, a brace of successes setting him up nicely for the hat-trick bid under regular rider, Alan "Arthur" Daly.

Paul Nicholls, breathing down the neck of Martin Pipe in the jumps trainers' championship, can pick up further ground by landing the big one at Cheltenham courtesy of Le Roi Miguel (2.35).

Le Roi Miguel ran a cracker when runner-up to the peerless Moscow Flyer at Aintree last week, a performance that fully entitles him to scoop Prestbury Park's £50,000 showpiece.

Former Royal Ascot scorer, Admiral, plus the prolific National Hunt and Flat winner, Xellance, are arguably set to fight out the finish of the Endsleigh Insurance Novices' Hurdle.

Despite pulling too hard in the early stages, Admiral still prevailed in gritty fashion at Market Rasen ten days ago. Richard Guest has done a superb job getting the four-year-old to adjust from Flat to jumps, hard work that entitles the gelding to a leading chance for the £18,000 affair.