Godolphin may not have that many big-hitters lined up for the Royal meeting but Abhisheka can send them off to Ascot in good heart with a victory in the Tweenhills Farm & Stud Warwickshire Oaks at Warwick.

A quality 11-runner field has been assembled, with Cheveley Park Stud holding a strong hand in the shape of Queen's Best and Portal, but the rain-softened ground has just tipped the scales in favour of the selection.

An impeccably-bred Sadler's Wells half-sister to the Derby winner Lammtarra, it is fair to say the four-year-old has not lived up to expectations.

She ended her three-year-old campaign with a rating of 100 after finishing fourth in a Listed race to stablemate Lake Toya and, like so many of her companions, she was taken to Dubai for the winter, where she ran with great credit to finish second on her only start.

Her first outing in Britain this season saw her in Group Three company for the first time but she could finish only fourth behind Echelon in the Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket.

The form has been boosted by the winner going in again at Epsom on Oaks day and with a run under her belt, improvement can be expected.

Ralph Beckett has his string in fine form and Veiled Applause looks weighted to win the Trailfinders Handicap at Windsor.

At first glance the race looks at the mercy of the hat-trick seeking Aggravation, who beat the selection by a head last time out.

However, a 9lb turnaround at the weights means there should only really be one outcome.

He has been runner-up on his last three starts and deserves to get his head in front.

There are few shrewder trainers on the block than Henry Candy and the fact he pitches Gold Flame into handicap company for the Vc Casino.com Handicap should be worth noting.An effortless winner of his third start, a mark of 72 looks very fair and he may rattle up a sequence.

At Carlisle, it may be worth waiting until the final race on the card where Toparudi looks to be the best bet of the day in the Ross Lloyd Commercial Insurance Brokers Handicap.

The six-year-old is no world beater by any stretch of the imagination but the fact Mark Tompkins has decided to send him all the way from Newmarket to Carlisle suggests a big run is in the offing.

David Pipe's Or Apple's makes plenty of appeal in the Charles Dawson Memorial Handicap Chase at Hereford.