Champion jockey Kieren Fallon, fresh from his brilliantly-executed Derby triumph on Kris Kin at Epsom on Saturday, heads north to Redcar tomorrow in a bid to further satisfy his appetite for winners.
Fallon teams-up with Sky Galaxy in the Methuselah Median Auction Maiden Stakes, and Ed Dunlop's two-year-old is fancied to carry him to victory.
Sky Galaxy made her debut at Newmarket last month, with Fallon was on board, and finished a one-length runner-up to the favourite Menhoubah after making a tardy start and running green for much of the race.
Sure to have benefitted from that outing, Sky Galaxy has every chance of adding her name to Fallon's bulging scoresheet.
Summer Shades can win the Anderson Barrowcliff Fillies' Handicap for the second successive year.
Mark Brisbourne's four-year-old, who will again have the services of apprentice Mark Flynn, has been running well of late, having finished in the money in all her three races, without actually getting her head in front.
A return to a course and distance which has served her well in the past could be the solution to get Summer Shades back in the winning groove.
Jim Goldie has his horses in cracking form, which makes his Mount Pekan worthy of interest in the Jeroboam Handicap.
Although not the most consistent of performers, Tony Culhane's mount ran well over a mile at Ayr last time to finish fourth to Investment Affair. Tomorrow's shorter distance is a bit of a worry, but he deserves attention all the same.
Out-and-out stayer Spa Lane, showing no signs of the ageing process, can show his junior rivals a clean pair of heels in the Half Bottle Claiming Stakes.
The ten-year-old, as enthusiastic as ever, has been running really this season and, dropped into claiming company here, he has every chance of coming out on top for trainer Sue Lamyman and jockey Michael Fenton.
At Salisbury, course and distance winner Fletcher is napped to win the Robin Vaughan 'A Lifetime in Racing' Handicap for amateur riders.
Trained by Hughie Morrison and the mount of the accomplished Sarah Bosley, who is a big plus in these amateur events, Fletcher chased home Flying Spirit, the 7-4 favourite, on his latest outing in a similar contest at Brighton.
Tomorrow's tips:
Redcar
2.30 Infidelity, 3.00 Mount Pekan, 3.30 Summer Shades, 4.00 Sky Galaxy, 4.30 Spa Lane, 5.00 Coolbythepool.
Salisbury
Selected race: 5.15 Fletcher (Nap).
Tom O'Ryan's Nap for today's racing is: Smith N Allan Oils (9.15pm at Pontefract).
Updated: 16:54 Monday, June 09, 2003
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