IT’S no surprise to see small fields at Goodwood this afternoon as the track was hit with torrential rain on Wednesday which forced Thursday’s meeting to be abandoned. But all looks set fair for today, although the ground will be testing.

The feature race, the Goodwood Totesport.com Celebration Mile, has attracted a field of only four runners and it looks a match between Main Aim and Poet’s Voice.

Main Aim, trained in Newmarket by Sir Michael Stoute, gets the verdict as he is proven on very testing ground and ran a sound race in defeat last time out behind Lord Shanakill.

With champion jockey Ryan Moore still on the sidelines due to a wrist injury sustained in a recent fall at Windsor, it looks like northern-based Paul Hanagan is set to be champion this season and Moore could miss another winner on Main Aim, Eddie Ahern taking over.

The ground is much better at Beverley, where the Beverley Bullet, a Listed race over the flying five furlongs, takes centre stage.

Six of the 13 have already won over course and distance and it looks an above-average renewal of this race, which will take just under a minute to win.

Mey Blossom, who has a great strike rate at the track, is sure to be popular with the locals and could give trainer Richard Whitaker another big Saturday win after Damika took the Great St Wilfrid a couple of weeks ago.

But I think a place is all connections can hope for in this field, which includes a few horses proven at this level.

Masta Plasta is in that category and the David Nichollstrained seven-year-old was an impressive winner last time out at Nottingham under the trainer’s son, Adrian, who again takes the ride.

Although Masta Plasta hasn’t been successful on the Westwood before, he has run well finishing runner-up in May and can go one better this afternoon.

The following race at Beverley, at 4.05pm, is another five-furlong sprint and it is worth taking a chance on the John Quinn-trained Select Committee, who is a previous course and distance winner.

He could well be very well handicapped on old form and, after a very slow start to the season, the Quinn yard is going much better now.

Mr Wolf won for the yard on Wednesday at Catterick, before Zomerlust was also successful at Ayr on Thursday, under Tom Eaves, who was riding for the first time.

It is very interesting that the Malton trainer has also booked Eaves to ride Select Committee for the first time and he could take plenty of beating.