NEWMARKET

1.50pm: The one I like in here is Fox Leicester. He has been gelded and has had a wind op since we last saw him, so hopefully he comes back a new horse. But the one we saw winning at Sandown last May could well be good enough here anyway, and he is ground-versatile, too. He also won first time up last season.

2.25pm:  I know they think a bit of the Qatar horse Time Scale and More Beautiful could well be better than she showed in the Queen Mary, but Dandalla is definitely the one to beat in here. Her 6-length win in the Albany puts her clear on the figures and, unpenalised here, she is the rightful short-priced favourite.

3.00pm: He wouldn’t want too much more rain but Themaxwecan is the one for me in this 1m6f handicap. He may well have finished second at Royal Ascot with a cleaner trip, so I think he remains well treated off a 1lb higher mark. Most of his best form has come on a decent surface, though.

3.35pm: This looks a very warm handicap, but I have to stay loyal to Kipps. I sided with him at Royal Ascot and he just got run out of it there. It could have been the 1m4f trip – though I see they have put blinkers on him here, too – so stepping down in trip to a galloping 1m2f could be a good move. He went up 5lb for Ascot but I would be surprised if a mark of 88 was the ceiling of his ability.

4.10pm: I think Terebellum could be a steering job! One of the last horses that you want to be getting into a fight with is Circus Maximus, but that is exactly what Frankie did in the QEII, and he paid for it. That pair pulled well clear of the remainder and I don’t see another Circus Maximus in here, for al Magic Wand is a Group 1 filly and the likes of One Master and Nazeef have claims of sorts. But this is all about Terebellum for me.