Newmarket

3.00pm

Spanish Mission

He shaped really well for me on his debut in October and then went back to Chelmsford to win a decent conditions race over 1m2f there impressively about a fortnight later. I was back on board on his return stepped back to 1m at Kempton last month, when I was happy with his run, especially as he got a little bit tired late on and wasn’t beaten far. I think the extra furlong and this track will definitely suit him, but he is up against higher-rated horses in here, so he has his work well cut out.  We would like to think he is a horse with plenty of improvement in him, but he could run well and finish fourth or fifth here.

4.45pm

Rimmal

You never know quite what you will bump into in these early-season Newmarket maidens, and Tatweej cost a lost of money as a juvenile. But the ones to have raced don’t set too high a standard as of yet, and Rimmal is related to a few winners, included a Grade 3 scorer who was placed at Grade 1 level. Jeremy had his first winner of the year recently, and hopefully Rimmal can show up well here, too. I don’t know a lot about her – I haven’t ridden her at home – and she runs in a first-time hood, but apparently she goes okay.