by Tom O'Ryan

Norton jockey Lindsay Charnock, riding for his old boss Denys Smith, can provide the veteran Bishop Auckland trainer with a major success at Doncaster tomorrow by landing the £50,000 Worthington Lincoln Handicap on Duraid.

Smith who won this one-mile dash in 1969 with Foggy Bell, has specifically prepared Duraid for a Lincoln bid and at 33/1, the six-year-old gelding makes plenty of appeal.

A former useful bumper horse, Duraid had difficulty seeing out two miles over hurdles but has found his niche on the flat over half that distance.

Twice a winner last season, at Newcastle and Haydock, Duraid travels well in a race and should be well suited by the Lincoln's furious pace.

What effect the draw will have remains to be seen. This year, for the first time, the draw for stalls was done by ballot, with trainers taking turns in choosing starting positions.

Duraid will be coming out of stall 24, which is nearest the stands rail. The favourite, Solar Storm is drawn 14, down the centre of the course. Two other fancied runners, La Modist (2) and Right Wing (6) will be racing down the far side.

In what, as always, will resemble a cavalry charge, Duraid is Napped to win at fancy odds for Charnock and Smith.

Superior Premium has good prospects of landing the Cammidge Listed Trophy for Richard Fahey's Butterwick stable.

Winner of a Listed race at Haydock last April on his first outing of the season, Superior Premium was then sidelined all summer by a mystery allergy but bounced back to finish an excellent third in the Ayr Gold Cup.

Reported to have thrived during the winter, and to have been working well at home, Superior Premium can lift this important prize at the main expense of Tedburrow and Monaasib.

Sensory, who showed high-class juvenile form, notably when finishing second in the Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury, can lift the Maneline Solocomb Stakes, while stablemate The Fly - runner up to Silver Patriarch in the St Leger at Doncaster last September - can take the Konica East Direct Doncaster Shield for trainer Barry Hills and his jockey-son Michael.

At Newbury, Bessie Browne looks a tempting contender in the Hoechest Roussel Panacur Mares' Novices Handicap Hurdle Final.

Tough and consistent, Bessie Browne won at Huntingdon earlier in the season and was a creditable second to Royal Scimitar at Warwick last time out. She looks well weighted here and promises to run a big race in the hands of leading conditional rider Robert Thornton. Flat out A guide to racing in York & North Yorkshire

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