Racing by Tom O'Ryan

Flanders, unbeaten in three races, including the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot, for Tim Easterby's Great Habton stable, heads to Newbury tomorrow with excellent prospects of striking it rich.

The flying filly bids for the £120,000 Wetherby Super Sprint and, despite formidable opposition, is Napped to extend her winning sequence to four in the hands of regular jockey Lindsay Charnock.

Flanders, who opened her account at Beverley in May, when justifying strong support, followed up over the same course and distance the following month when romping away with the prestigious Hilary Needler Trophy.

On her latest start, at Royal Ascot, she made virtually all the running from her unfavoured outside draw and scored decisively by two and half lengths from Sarson and Saphire, who have since fought out a Listed race at Sandown, thereby franking the form.

Flanders is set to tackle fast ground for the first time in her life tomorrow, which is of slight concern, but the Ryedale raider has speed to burn and will surely take plenty of catching in this five furlongs dash.

The Mtoto Donnington Castle Stakes looks a good opportunity for Tumbleweed Quartet to fulfil the promise of his winning debut on this course last month.

A comfortable two and a half lengths scorer that day from Aunt Flo, who has since run very creditably in high-class company, Brian Meehan's colt can defy a 7lb penalty, provided he handles this good-to-firm ground as well as he handles the soft.

The well-regarded Halloa has strong claims in the Rose Bowl Stakes, while the classy Chester House looks the one to be on in the Steventon Stakes after his narrow defeat by Faithful Son at Royal Ascot.

At Ripon, the £8,000 Bell-Ringer Handicap takes pride of place, and it may be worth giving the exasperating Crystal Falls one last chance.

Tim Easterby's gelding has flattered, only then to deceive several times this season and remains without a win to his credit. Talented enough to make his mark, he does, however, show a tendency to hang to his left under pressure, and Kevin Darley will have his work cut out.

Sheriff Hutton-based Darley will also have the leg-up on Gymcrak Premiere in the Centaur Selling Stakes. Gordon Holmes is only a shadow of the force he was in his heyday but is still capable of winning a race of this calibre, as he showed on this course three outings ago when scoring in the hands of Kieren Fallon.

The Leeds Hospital Fund Handicap promises to provide a winning opportunity for No Cliches. David Nicholls' gelding has been running consistently well this season and has turned in a couple of sound performances in defeat recently. His winning turn should not be delayed any longer.

At Newmarket, Frankie Dettori looks the jockey to follow. Dettori, who enjoyed an armchair ride on the odds-on Cadette at Doncaster yesterday, has good winning chances on Lujain (2.10), Kadaka (3.15), Dead Aim (3.45) and Mubrik (4.15).

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