Merlin's Dancer and Cape Royal have both shown that the place to be in the sprints at Doncaster this week is right up with the pace and hard against the stands side rail.

The one that is likely to get the favoured stands side pitch in the Stanleybet Cammidge Trophy over six furlongs at the South Yorkshire venue today is David Evans' The Kiddykid.

Evans and jockey Jamie Spencer have already teamed up successfully several times this term and so lack of a recent run is unlikely to pose any problems for the gelding, who developed into a useful sprinter last year.

Effective on fast or easy ground, the five-year-old won in Group 3 company at the Curragh last year and he's come to hand in the spring in each of his three seasons of racing. He should give a good account.

The Spring Mile yesterday showed the far side was no barrier to success and Mark Johnston's handicap debutant Starchy looks worth an interest in the orderTT-online.com Handicap over seven furlongs.

The Middleham trainer has his team in good shape for the early days of the new season and the filly created a favourable impression when winning in bad ground at Nottingham last November.

Although the ground is highly unlikely to be anywhere near as testing, she's bred to handle these much better conditions and looks on a fair mark of 85 for this handicap debut.

This represents a much tougher test but she's open to a good deal of improvement and, given the Johnston horses invariably race up with the pace, she's likely to go well from the stall one draw.

Corriolanus has been running well on the all-weather in Dubai this winter and appeals most in the Konica Minolta Doncaster Shield over a mile and a half.

A winner over this trip at Nad Al Sheba, Philip Mitchell's entire was anything but disgraced in the Winter Derby - a race very few got into behind much-improved Eccentric - and he's tactically more versatile than the majority here.

Milton Bradley has his team in decent heart, and at Kempton recent winner Seven No Trumps can make the most of his favourable high draw by following up in the Kempton For Weddings Handicap over five furlongs.

The eight-year-old had conditions to suit when winning at Warwick this week and a 7lb penalty may not be enough to stop him winning this one under Ryan Moore.

Waterside goes with cut underfoot and looks to have decent each-way prospects from a good draw in the competitive-looking Kempton For Exhibitions Handicap over his optimum trip of seven furlongs.

At Newbury's National Hunt fixture Diamond Sal takes the eye in the EBF Mares Only National Hunt Novices Hurdle Final Limited Handicap over two miles and five furlongs.

Graham Wylie, Howard Johnson and Graham Lee have enjoyed a memorable season so far and the seven-year-old got off the mark over hurdles when beating a subsequent winner at Musselburgh last time.

This is much tougher but she's open to a good deal of improvement, is on a handy mark and is fancied to beat Nicky Richards' Zaffaran Express, who will appreciate this trip after winning at Bangor last time.

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