DIVINE SPIRIT (3.00) can get Michael Dods off the unlucky-for-some 13-winner mark for the season by taking Thirsk's six-furlong Dove Handicap.

Assiduous followers of the Dods' stable are in profit to the tune of just over £15 to a level stake on all of his runners this term, a tally to which Divine Spirit has thus far been unable to add.

Hopefully that situation is about to change given the promise of the four-year-olds' most recent outing at Newcastle where despite looking all washed at the halfway, Divine Spirit did well to stage a powerful late rally and finish in fifth place.

Chris Wall has sussed out an excellent opportunity for Little Venice (5.00) in the Members Fillies Handicap.

She's a really consistent mare, losing little in defeat when narrowly failing to justify her status as market leader at Leicester last time out. Perhaps the only black cloud on the horizon is the possibility of further rain, which might make her task under top-weight that little bit harder.

Even so, Little Venice has won in the past when underfoot conditions have been on the easy side, therefore it might prove to be unwise to discount her prospects simply on account of the poor weather forecast.

Richard Fahey's ploy of giving Sualda (5.30) a spin over a totally inadequate ten furlongs at Haydock seems all set to pay dividends.

Sualda will be a whole lot fitter for the run, which combined with the fact that Fahey's retained jockey, Paul Hanagan, takes over from an inexperienced apprentice, makes for a compulsive case to support the hardy six-year-old in the mile-and-a-half contest.

Perennial underachiever, Prince Of Gold, is the sort frustrating individual guaranteed to have any trainer tearing his or her hair out.

Octogenarian trainer Reg Hollinshead is the man who has to iron out the gelding's foibles, and his latest tactic is to shift Prince Of Gold (6.00) up in trip from six furlongs to seven for the closing Barnard Castle Handicap.

The five-year-old has a tendency to save a bit for himself, however if he does elect to put his best foot forward, it's possible he'll go one better having filled the runners-up spot on his last foray at Pontefract.

The presence of Daydream Dancer (6.45) in the opener at Warwick could spell trouble for the local layers.

The Clive Cox-trained daughter of the mighty Daylami possesses the pedigree to be performing in far better company than this evening's Racing UK Apprentice Handicap, a lowly event which looks at the mercy of Daydream Dancer provided she builds on her recent comeback second at Leicester.

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