ALTHIQA can bring Doncaster’s crowd - the first racecourse attendance in Britain since March - to its feet with a victory in the Group 3 bet365 Sceptre Stakes (3.15).
After a third to One Master in this grade in Goodwood’s Oak Tree Stakes two starts ago, Charlie Appleby’s Deauville Listed winner ran a good second to Irska in another Group 3 at the Normandy track last time, and still has more improvement to come.
He ran well above his 22-1 starting price when third to Battaash in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York last month, and a reproduction of that effort would make MOSS GILL very hard to beat in the Listed bet365 Scarbrough Stakes (2.10).
Coronavirus restrictions mean the Mondialiste Leger Legends Classified Stakes (2.40) is contested by professional jockeys in 2020, and Pat Dobbs’ mount FLYING DRAGON, who went under by a short head at Salisbury last Thursday, gets the nod.
The British Horseracing Authority assessor may have underestimated emphatic Ayr scorer PARTY GAME, who takes on eight rivals for the bet365 Nursery Handicap (1.40), and DATA PROTECTION still looks on a winnable mark as he seeks a third success from his last four attempts in the Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap (3.45).
At Kempton Park, WIN O’CLOCK should make light of a 6lb penalty for his nine-length supremacy at Sandown Park nine days ago in the Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap (1.55), while ITKAANN takes an upwardly mobile profile into the Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap (2.25).
Wednesday selections
DONCASTER
1.10 ROYAL CHAMPION
1.40 PARTY GAME
2.10 MOSS GILL
2.40 FLYING DRAGON
3.15 ALTHIQA (NAP)
3.45 DATA PROTECTION (NB)
4.15 GLORY FIGHTER
KEMPTON
12.55 TOPTIME
1.25 CARNATION
1.55 WIN O’CLOCK
2.25 ITKAANN
2.55 BERTIE'S WISH
3.30 FIRST VERSE
4.05 EASTERN STAR
4.40 MASTER GREY
UTTOXETER
1.30 ALI THE HUNTER
2.00 JUST MARVIN
2.30 COPPER COIN
3.05 THE BUTCHER SAID
3.35 ASK PADDINGTON
4.10 SIROBBIE
4.45 LOCK'S CORNER
5.15 NEVILLE'S CROSS
WOLVERHAMPTON
4.00 THEGREYVTRAIN
4.35 INDEPENDENCE DAY
5.10 KIM WEXLER
5.45 ABDUCTION
6.15 MYSTERY ANGEL
6.45 PRETTY PICKLE
7.15 JUSTIFIED
7.45 CAPLA HUNTRESS
8.15 HERODOTUS
