NOSAM (8.20) bids to strike a blow for the older generation by winning this evening's feature race at Sedgefield, the £7,000 Calverts Carpets Handicap Chase.

Only a handful of racehorses have won at the grand old age of 15, but there seems every prospect of Nosam joining the select few judged on his recent close-up fourth at Fakenham.

Richard Guest's remarkable veteran boasts an admirable career record, amassing over £110,000 in prize-money with 13 victories from 88 starts.

Three of those wins have come over course and distance, and as Nosam is now 17lb lower than when achieving his latest success in September 2003, there's every chance he'll claim his rightful place in the history books.

There'll be plenty of punters latching on to emphatic Ludlow scorer, Somewin, for the following Great North Air Ambulance Handicap Hurdle.

Connections had to shell out 9,000 guineas to retain their charge at the subsequent auction after Somewin (8.50) had routed his rivals in the two-mile-five-furlong selling event at the Shropshire venue.

Hopefully that will prove to be money well spent, since according to my calculations the extra half-mile he now has to travel should bring about yet more progress from the unexposed five-year-old.

Much earlier in the day Goodwood stages a couple of Classic trials, beginning with the Letherby & Christopher Predominate Stakes.

Only four go to post, although that doesn't mean a live Epsom Derby contender will not emerge from the talented quintet.

Both Godolphin and Aidan O'Brien are represented, but neither of their respective runners might be able to cope with Unfurled (2.40) from John Dunlop's stable.

Unfurled produced one of the best maiden performances of the season when pulling fully ten lengths clear of his hapless opponents at the track 18 days ago.

The second, Glistening, has since franked the form by collecting at Thirsk, offering solid evidence that Dunlop's colt could be something really special.

It's the turn of the fillies in the Normandie Stud Lupe Stakes, fancied to fall to David Elsworth's Something Exciting (3.15).

Elsworth is lucky enough to have a very nice bunch of three-year-olds, therefore he'll know pretty much where he stands with Something Exciting, who did nothing wrong in 2004 when winning three of her last four races