Many of Michael Dods' horses have featured in this column, none more so than Mecca's Angel. But if you want to hear from the trainer himself then Michael is hosting an Open Day from 10.30am on September 18 and everyone is welcome.

He’s based just outside Darlington at Denton and you can see all the horses up close and find out Michael's plans for the rest of the season and have a chat with me and the other jockeys there.

It's the northern version of Breakfast With The Stars! Right, plug over and back to business….

Even though he is younger than me, I always looked up to Keith Dalgleish when he was riding.

We were apprentices at the same time when 16 or 17. I was with Patrick Haslam and Keith was with Mark Johnston.

We were both tall for Flat jockeys, although Keith’s a couple of inches taller than me, so I always was keen to watch his progress and his position on a horse.

He was a hell of a jockey, very strong, and was hard to beat in a finish. Weight got the better of him and he’s now having a great time of it as a trainer. He’s a real horsemen, who can win with any horse, sprinters or stayers.

It surely won’t be long before one of the big owners sends Keith some real quality.

I’ve got a decent strike rate for Keith and hopefully that can continue at Musselburgh, where I ride two for him today. I don’t know too much about Forever A Lady, but Introductory looks to have an excellent chance in the Caledonian Cup Handicap.

I rode her when she was fourth at Chelmsford in May, when she was with Mark Johnston and then she joined Keith, who gave her a little break.

She returned last month to win at Wolverhampton and then Musselburgh and clearly Keith has found the key to her. She’s improving and while this is a step up, there’s no reason to think she can’t handle it.

Run Rio Run lines up in the Hannah Fay Handicap and the sharp five furlongs will really play into his hands as he’s got bags of speed. It took him ten attempts to finally get off the mark last month but that win will have given him confidence and hopefully he can kick on now.

The likely fast pace in the Coast To Coast Nursery Handicap should suit Foxy Boy, as he likes to be dropped in and have something to aim at. He also won his maiden last time up and once a horse knows how to win it does them the world of good.

Dark Command is still a maiden but hopefully for not much longer. He came within a nose of winning at the course in April and hopefully that bodes well for a similar run in the Volvo Trucks Handicap.

I always like to direct readers to a bit of value in the big races, but I really can’t see beyond Idaho in the Ladbrokes St Leger.

Seamie Heffernan has really taken his chance when Ryan Moore hasn’t been available to ride the cream of Ballydoyle’s stars, and was on board when winning the Great Voltigeur last month. Idaho's form before that is absolutely top drawer, getting to within a half-length of Harzand in the Irish Derby after posting a third to the same horse in the Derby at Epsom.

Harzand himself makes his first start since that win at the Curragh and is my likeliest idea of the winner of the QIPCO Irish Champions Stakes. He hasn’t been beaten this year and his class should see him home.

Finally, put Kings Gift in your notebooks. He was a very smooth winner of the Racing UK Profits Returned to Racing Nursery Handicap at Redcar on Tuesday. He’s a horse to really look forward to and hopefully could be a Group standard.

You can see Paul Mulrennan in action at Musselburgh today or any other Scottish track for free as part of Racing UK's Scottish Season Ticket. See www.racinguk.com/scottishseasonticket for more.