DUTCH MASTERPIECE can make a brisk start to the season by winning the Dubai Duty Free Handicap at Newbury.

Gary Moore’s progressive sprinter enjoyed a most lucrative campaign in 2013 and it is entirely feasible to envisage him landing a seriously big prize this term.

Yet before he inevitably steps back up into Group class, the four-year-old can take this not inconsiderable pot at the Berkshire circuit.

Dutch Masterpiece will probably need to be somewhere near his best, as the five-furlong handicap has lured to the party a clutch of more-than-useful speedballs.

Be that as it may, the gelded son of Dutch Art could still be a cut above. Moore’s inmate knocked off three impressive victories last summer, each of which came on good ground, and was a deserved entrant in the Prix de l’Abbaye on Arc weekend.

It all went a little wrong in France, though, as Dutch Masterpiece beat just three horses home in first-time blinkers.

That was, however, clearly not his true form and it could be plausible that he found things happening all a little too quickly at a time in his career when sprinters tend to struggle against their elders.

Another year older, wiser and stronger, expect him to be a different proposition next time he takes the plunge in a Group One.

There is little about which to get too excited at Wolverhampton’s evening meeting, but at least Mappin Time looks an appealing prospect in the Compare Bookmakers At bookmakers.co.uk Handicap.

Tim Easterby’s six-year-old has been in superb form all winter and showed with a narrow second over course and distance a week ago that he is capable of winning off a mark of 81.