OSOLOMIO (2.30) has been found an excellent opportunity to resume his winning ways at Sedgefield today.

Having collected at the second time of asking over jumps when scoring at Chepstow, Osolomio then had to settle for second spot on his latest Doncaster outing.

Although the Jennie Candishtrained gelding was soundly beaten by the winner that day, it was a far better contest in terms of sheer strength-in-depth.

Jennie was still pleased with the performance, auguring well for the races such as the Camerons Brewery Novices' Hurdle, which represents a much softer target for Osolomio.

Donald McCain hardly ever seems to leave the place emptyhanded, a trend quite likely to be maintained by Wood Fern (3.30) in the Novices' Handicap Hurdle.

Having toiled away all season with no tangible reward, Wood Fern's latest Warwick third-placing suggests victory is near.

With the ground riding fairly quick, McCain's eight-year-old should be 100 per cent effective.

Tipping horses which have been pulled up must only be done with good reason and there were indeed valid excuses for Jeringa (4.05) at Ayr.

It was absolutely bottomless in Scotland on that rain-lashed occasion, conditions which reduced most of the runners, including Jeringa, to a state of total exhaustion.

John Wade's inmate will not face anything like such a gruelling test for the Stanley Thompson Memorial Chase, helping him to hopefully bounce back to top form.

Brian Ellison, successful with Hue at Redcar yesterday, could find himself making a swift return to the winners' enclosure if John Forbes (5.10) struts his stuff in the finale.

A course and distance winner, John Forbes signalled his turn was again near by finishing a creditable third in a marginally hotter event at Newcastle ten days ago.

Pontefract's Jamaican Flight Handicap often falls to a horse fit from a National Hunt campaign, therefore coming down on the side of Sweetheart (3.45) makes perfect sense.

Jamie Poulton's filly has won two of her last three spins over the sticks, each time asserting by making her superior reserves of stamina count.

Another individual happy to switch codes as required is Sunday's winning nap, Riguez Dancer, who bolted up in a Novices' Hurdle at Towcester.

Patrick Haslam's unexposed four-year-old prevailed pulling the proverbial cart at the Northamptonshire venue, therefore probably didn't expend too much energy.

We're not going to benefit from lucrative odds, but Riguez Dancer, does look a gimme with trip and track to suit.