MICHAEL DODS' flying start to the Flat season seems all set to continue apace with Toy Top (4.55) at Catterick today.

With his team firing on all cylinders, Dods is wasting no time whipping Toy Top out again having finished runner-up on a frustrating Saturday evening visit to Nottingham.

It was frustrating because firstly the filly had already occupied an identical placing on her previous outing, and secondly, she was clear of her field at Nottingham, only to be mugged by Richard Hannon's Rapsgate in the dying strides.

There is always the possibility this afternoon's White Muzzle Handicap will come too soon for Toy Top, but having pulled a similar feat off with yesterday's Pontefract winner, Maggie Magpie, it looks like game on to me.

Robert Winston's challenge for the champion jockey's title should be done no harm by his booking for Tokyo Jo (2.05) in the opening Selling Stakes.

Karl Burke has his string in vintage form and Tokyo Jo appears as if she's about to join in the winning streak judged by her narrow head Redcar defeat at the hands of Granny Peel nine days ago.

Karl's two-year-old is now able to re-oppose on 6lbs better terms for that gut-wrenching reverse, which should theoretically help turn the tables in emphatic fashion.

Hams (2.40) is the obvious selection for the Prince of My Heart Maiden Stakes having run with considerable promise on her Musselburgh debut.

Mark Johnston's three-year-old was all at sea in the early stages of that Scottish affair, however, the penny dropped with a couple of furlongs to travel and was putting in sterling work from thereon.

It's almost certain Hams will have improved experience and fitness wise for the spin, the cumulative of which should ensure a bold showing from the Middleham raider.

The really big bucks are to be had down at Epsom where Profit's Reality (3.30) bids to follow up last week's Ripon victory.

Trainer Paul Blockley's threat to slap a pair of blinkers on the four-year-old has not materialised, which is hardly surprising seeing as Profit's Reality suffers from a tendency to pull hard early doors.

Blockley's threat stemmed from the fact the dark bay stuck his head in the air once under pressure at Ripon, but to my way of thinking the handsome dark bay is genuine and gets the nod for the £30,000 City And Suburban Stakes.

Ian McMath's Fastaffaran (2.30) warrants plenty of respect in Perth's two-and-a-half-mile Maiden Hurdle.

Fastaffaran was last seen in action at Kelso where he cruised up to the leaders at the second flight from the finish, only to be brutally exposed by his failure to change gear over the two mile trip.

McMath's decision to up his gelding in distance smacks of common sense since the emphasis will now be much more on stamina, rather than speed.

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