JUSTICE will be done if Khan Kicker (1.45) gets his head in front at Carlisle this afternoon.

Ferdy Murphy's six-year-old didn't exactly have the race at his mercy at Ayr last month.

But he was still hard on the steel when rapping the third last flight with sufficient force to fire J P MacNamara unceremoniously out of the saddle.

Stable jockey Adrian Maguire was suspended at the time, but he is now back on duty to take the ride on Khan Kicker in the Tote Top Of The North Novices' Hurdle.

Since finishing runner-up at Hexham in December, One Stop (3.45) has seen more than one winning opportunity go west as meeting after meeting has been abandoned due to frost.

But One Stop could prove well worth waiting for in the Milton Handicap Hurdle because she has excellent previous track form, plus the nine-year-old mare looks sure to relish the prevailing soft ground.

Sandwiched between those contests is the feature event on the card, the £10,000 Pioneer Foods Handicap Chase.

As ever it's going to be the survival of the fittest and in a lop-sided contest the bottom weight Jowoody (2.15) might have things all her own way.

She jumped like a gazelle when trotting up over a similar distance at Ayr, where young Andrew Garrity got a fabulous tune out of Mary Reveley's useful nine-year-old.

Folkestone's big race, the £10,000 Showcase Handicap, can fall to Vincent Van Gogh (2.55).

Following a couple of years in the wilderness, trainer Ron Hodges is enjoying a welcome resurgence. And the selection is one of the horses responsible for Hodges' inspirational comeback, scoring at Ludlow in what turned out to be the fastest time of the day.

In the Eastwell Manor Handicap Chase don't miss out on Sleeting (3.25), who has a ton in hand on his old rating over hurdles.

Southwell offers up the chance for a couple of decent each-way bets, notably Billie-H (2.05) in the claimer.

Formerly with Clive Brittain, David Evans has wasted no time in dropping his newcomer in grade, having finished a close-up second to Yenaled in far better company at Wolverhampton.

Last but not least, the grey gelding Chapel Royale (4.05) really does look head-and-shoulders above his rivals in the closing Call Bet Direct Handicap, provided he keeps out of the dreaded kickback.