MR Bountiful, who made a successful assault on Lingfield 11 days ago, makes a return visit from his North Yorkshire base tomorrow with excellent prospects of completing a double.

The gelding, trained near Darlington by Micheal Dods, goes for the Littlewoods Bet Direct Handicap over seven furlongs and will again have the assistance of Middleham jockey Keith Dalgleish.

Formerly trained by Lynda Ramsden, Mr Bountiful proved a rather frustrating customer until gaining an overdue win last time, which was achieved by half-a-length from Mr Eddy.

The step up to seven furlongs seemed to suit him that day and, over the same distance tomorrow, an encore could well be on the cards.

Cast Iron has strong claims in the Classified Claiming Stakes.

Rae Guest's three-year-old got off the mark at Wolverhampton 12 days ago when winning in determined style by a neck.

That was only a selling race, but Cast Iron left the impression that he was capable of something a little bit better. He gets a chance to prove the point tomorrow.

The £10,000 betdirect.co.uk Handicap is the feature race on the card and Eastborough commands plenty of respect.

The Alan Jarvis-trained three-year-old created a solid impression when beating Camp Commander by three-parts of a length here last time and tomorrow's extra two furlongs promises to suit him even better.

Ian Mongan, in the saddle that day, takes the mount again tomorrow and this successful all-weather jockey can surely look forward to a bold show from Eastborough, who is awarded the nap vote.

If Leicester survives a course inspection this afternoon, a note should be made of Chem's Truce in the Nomad Novices' Hurdle.

The gelding was formerly a useful handicapper on the Flat and, now with Venetia Williams, he promises to do well in his new role over hurdles.

Tomorrow's tips:

Lingfield

12.40 - Rioja

1.10 - Nod's Nephew

2.10 - Cast Iron

2.40 - Eastborough (NAP)

3.10 - Dispol Evita

3.40 - Mr Bountiful

LEICESTER

1.20 - Chem's Truce

1.50 - S'Assagir

2.20 - Blowing Away

2.50 - Lord Seamus

3.20 - Polar Champ

3.50 - Fast King

Updated: 12:40 Monday, January 07, 2002