Corridor Creeper is fancied to gain his revenge tomorrow over Raccoon in the £75,000 Vodafone 'Dash' Handicap over Epsom's flying five furlongs.
The pair finished first and second in a valuable handicap at Musselburgh last Saturday, with Raccoon, trained near Thirsk by David Barron, having the edge.
But Corridor Creeper is taken to turn the tables this time on his rival, who has a 7lb penalty to carry under Kevin Darley.
Trained by Milton Bradley, Corridor Creeper is also more favourably drawn than Raccoon, his berth in stall 17 being close to the stands rails, which is the place to be in sprints at Epsom.
With a 20-strong field, a thrilling race is in prospect, and I expect Corridor Creeper, with Darryll Holland on board, to lead them home.
Leporello, who made a bright start to the season when finishing third at Chester, can lift the Vodafone Diomed Stakes, while Mark Johnston's smart juvenile Royal Island is selected to complete a hat-trick of wins in he Woodcote Stakes.
At Doncaster, Roman Mistress should be hard to beat in the first of three races on Channel 4.
Tim Easterby's four-year-old has run two excellent races in defeat recently, both times when poorly drawn. Overdue a change of luck, Roman Mistress can chalk up her first success of the season here.
Night Sight, who went down fighting in second place behind Red Forest at Pontefract last weekend, is fancied to go one better in the Doncaster Rovers 'Champions' Handicap.
Bayeux, trained by Saeed Bin Suroor, and a stablemate of Derby favourite Snow Ridge, is my tip to clinch Doncaster's other televised race, the Carling Extra Cold Conditions Stakes.
Updated: 12:12 Friday, June 04, 2004
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