TRAINER Julie Craze and long-term partner Stuart Webster have a rare opportunity to grab some well-deserved limelight at Southwell this afternoon courtesy of the double act Tom and Henry Tun.

With the four scheduled National Hunt fixtures falling foul of the freezing conditions, all-weather racing for once takes centre stage allowing both Tom Tun (11.20) and his half-brother Henry Tun (1.20) the chance to shine in their respective races.

Based just outside York at the small hamlet of Elvington, Julie and former Flat race jockey Stuart have been together now for 18 years, although they have yet to tie the knot.

"I asked Julie if she wanted an engagement ring about 14 years ago but she said she'd prefer a new three-piece-suite," joked Stuart.

Never mind marriage, the popular duo continue to make ends meet by sending out a handful of winners each year, normally at highly-rewarding starting prices.

Tom Tun has been their main strike force over the past four years.

Something of a late developer, Tom Tun has always had an inclination to excel at Southwell, opening his account at the course in a six-furlong sprint off a mark of 42 half-way through his three-year-old days in 1998.

Since that time he's notched a remarkable 12 further successes and shows no sign of stopping to rake in the cash despite nearly doubling his official rating.

Today Tom Tun attempts to scale new heights by winning for the first time over seven furlongs. Stuart reckons it's a tough call, especially as the meeting has, due to frost problems, been switched from Wolverhampton's slightly less testing track.

"Both of the horses are healthy and in good form but I would be more confident if Tom was running at Wolverhampton," said Webster.

Half-brother Henry Tun takes part in the five-furlong dash at 1.20.

Henry's not as good as Tom, but he is a previous track and trip scorer and in a wide open event there's nothing in the form book to say he can't play a leading role.

Lingfield's big race, the £20,000 Littewoods Bet Direct mile-and-a-half Handicap, has attracted a maximum 16-runner field.

It's scary to think that a horse bought out of a selling contest at Wolverhampton might win, however there's no question Alberich (3.05) must be in with a shout.

A proven sand performer, not to mention scooping Newbury's fiercely-competitive Autumn Handicap, injury problems have never been far from Alberich's stable door.

It's therefore not altogether surprising that his former trainer Mark Johnston elected to let his charge go at auction. Nonetheless, if Alberich has slipped through the net to scoop this decent prize, it will represent a shrewd purchase by new handler Tony Carroll.

The earlier mile-and-a-quarter Bet Direct Claimer doesn't look like it will take much winning.

Love In The Mist will probably start favourite, coming off the back of a facile success at Southwell. Analysing the bare result she didn't beat much that day and is worth opposing with Sunridge Fairy (1.35).

Patrick Haslam has always been absolute mustard on the sand at this time of year and, true to form, the experienced Middleham trainer has his team in sparkling fettle.

Sunridge Fairy, who has been running with a modicum of promise over eight furlongs, has more than once hinted that she would improve significantly over today's extra distance.

All being well, rip-snorting speed merchant Legal Set (2.25) can trail-blaze his way to a third straight win in the six-furlong Classified Stakes.

Karl Burke's powerhouse repelled all challengers with a blistering display from the front in an arguably stronger race seven days ago and I wouldn't want to oppose him if in that sort of mood again.

Proceedings are rounded off with a hard-to-solve seven-furlong Fillies Handicap.

Possibly the best clue we have to the contest is a six-furlong race at the track on December 19 when Play Misty (3.35) finished just ahead of Likely Lady.

Come the final furlong Play Misty was plugging on gamely enough to suggest she could have improved her final fourth placing with the benefit of an extra furlong.

l Ripon racecourse will set a new trend when it becomes the first of Britain's 59 racecourses to own a new large-scale video screen.

The Yorkshire track is buying the screen with the help of a £125,000 interest-free loan from the Horserace Betting Levy Board.

The move is aimed at guaranteeing racegoers can benefit from the facility at all its 14 racing days this year.

Officials have decided that the most cost-effective option is to buy a 30 metre-square ex-demonstration screen, rather than hiring one.

It will be possible to dismantle the new screen and hire it out to other sporting venues outside the Flat racing season at Ripon