ATTORNEY (4.10) can lay down the law in the Bynack More Maiden Stakes at Musselburgh today, writes COLIN WOODS.

The Mick Jarvis trained Newmarket raider has been stricken with a serious bout of seconditis, finishing runner-up on all four of his previous racecourse appearances.

But that sort of bad luck surely will not go on for much longer, especially as his astute handler has cherry-picked an extremely weak looking contest for Attorney at the Scottish track.

In the earlier seven furlong Cairngorm Maiden Stakes, Mark Johnston's sparkling run of form seems poised to continue via Sophielu (3.10).

Last spring Johnston's filly cut a real dash on the home gallops.

However, a series of minor setbacks meant she was restricted to just a couple of backend outings at Redcar and Doncaster.

Nevertheless on both occasions Sophielu (3.10) showed sufficient promise to suggest she could be a force to be reckoned with on this occasion.

And later on in the afternoon, the Middleham trainer has excellent prospects of completing a double in the mile-and-a-half Ben Nevis Handicap via Paradise Garden (4.10), fancied to defy a six-month absence.

Fastish ground at Exeter should be right up Toskano's (3.20) street in the Gerrard Handicap Chase.

He's been manfully labouring through the mud this winter, pinching place money without ever really threatening to win.

Toskano realistically needs a much quicker surface to run to his best, so provided there is no more rain in the west country, he is on the right sort of mark to gain an overdue success.

The premium is likely to be on stamina at Folkestone where conditions are forecast to be bog-like.

Even the sprint races could turn out to be a real war of attrition, potentially favouring Joint Account (2.30) in the Restaurant Claiming Stakes.

It's a long way from North Yorkshire to the Kent coast.

Therefore the plan to drop the three-year-old down from seven furlongs to the minimum trip must have been well thought in advance by the shrewd Sessay-based trainer David Nicholls.

In the near two-mile Robert Nott Insurance Handicap, Half Tide (3.30) has a fine chance of out slugging his rivals.

Twelve furlongs at Lingfield proved an inadequate test for the gelding, he's likely to be much more effective over this extra half-mile and slower going.

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