PRECISION Break proved a bitter disappointment at Goodwood last week, but he can atone for that at Pontefract.

Paul Cole’s flashy stayer could finish only 11th in the Summer Stakes at the Sussex venue, but he is far better than that, as he showed when finishing second in the same race 12 months previous.

Perhaps crucially, the 98- rated five-year-old could have been in need of the race, having not been seen since he won over a mile and a half at Doncaster last September.

He arrives back in Yorkshire for the Big Fellas & Silks Nightclub Pontefract Handicap just 4lb higher than that half-length triumph and cannot be discounted given his impressive strike-rate over the last few years.

This is by no means an easy puzzle to solve – it is impossible to discount any of the seven runners – but Precision Break simply has to run well here if the Ebor is to remain a feasible next port of call.

Buxton also holds sporting claims of securing a third victory at Brighton. Roger Ingram’s six-year-old is admittedly 7lb higher than when he easily won over course and distance in May, but still looks a leading contender for the John Smith’s Brighton Mile Challenge Trophy.

The six-year-old gelding turned in an accomplished display at Sandown last month when finishing third behind Lady Florence in a muddling encounter.

Buxton probably needed to have been closer to the speed to have stood any chance of winning that day, but he is clearly in decent nick and enjoys competing at this taxing seaside venue.

Course maestro Multahab should also give a good account of himself in the Alice Ryan Memorial Handicap.

Six times victorious at Brighton, Michael Wigham’s veteran rarely runs a bad race in East Sussex.

Too Putra would be entitled to need the run in the Digibet Casino Handicap at Kempton but remains an interesting contender nonetheless.

Roger Charlton’s colt has only been seen once, when getting up close home to win here over seven furlongs back in November.

As a son of Oratorio, he is entitled to improve a bundle for the step up to a mile and three furlongs and might prove to be better than a 73- rated horse in time.

Bossy Kitty is an interesting candidate for top honours in the Sendrig Construction Handicap at Newcastle.

Nigel Tinkler’s three-yearold is turned out quickly after her staying-on fifth at Doncaster at the weekend, where her cause was not aided by a tardy start.