FRANKIE DETTORI enjoyed a weekend never to forget with a brace of Group 1 victories aboard the Godolphin stars Fantastic Light and Slickly.

And the bubbly Italian was back amongst the winners at Newcastle yesterday booting home a double including the nap selection, 4-1 shot Donna's Double, a trend hopefully all set to continue at Leicester today via the David Loder-trained newcomer, Indian Dreamer (4.15).

"He's been working well at home, said Dettori about Indian Dreamer, who makes his debut in the EBF Rempstone Maiden Stakes. The fact that Loder has chosen to race his colt over seven furlongs suggests staying power rather than speed is the forte of the Newmarket raider.

That theory certainly fits in well with the track, notorious for its' stiff uphill finish.

In the earlier Rancliffe Selling Nursery, the erstwhile disappointing Knavesmire Dream (2.45) is fitted with a pair blinkers after a series of lack-lustre efforts.

He looked like he was going to be OK after running a decent mid-season race at Epsom, however it has been all downhill since then.

Perhaps Knavesmire Dream hasn't been putting his best foot forward - a trait often corrected by the application of the blinds. David Nicholls' stable has been rather quiet lately, but it rarely pays to underestimate the Sessay-based handler.

Nicholls has had to be patient with Pepperdine (3.45), a gelding who has steadily fallen from grace having appeared to be a really classy act in his three-year-old days.

Pepperdine's complete loss of form has in turn sparked a spectacular tumble down the weights and is now an extremely handicapped individual, the tide finally started to turn at Catterick last time out when the five-year-old chased home all-the-way scorer Soba Jones. Pat Eddery could prove to be the man to follow at Lingfield where he has fancied mounts on Snowfire (2.00) and Nemo Fugat (3.00).

Both horses are trained by John Dunlop, one of Pat's most loyal supporters over the past three decades during which time Eddery has been champion jockey no less than 11 times.

In the Bet Direct Selling Handicap, the revival of the Willie Muirs' yard is all set to continue with Monduru (4.30).

Muir had to endure a miserable summer when his string were under a permanent cloud despite a heat-wave for the rest of us.

Fortunately things couldn't be more different at present and Monduru's recent second placing to Ma Vie at Yarmouth is as good as anything has to offer in a weak contest.

l Frankie Dettori, fresh from his two memorable Group One successes over the weekend, was back among the bread and butter fare at Newcastle yesterday as he treated racegoers to a double surprise and one of his famous 'salmon leaps' in the winner's enclosure.

The popular Italian had to be content with the runner-up spot on Access Denied in the opening Racecourse Video Services Maiden Stakes, but he picked up chance rides in the following two races and made the most of them.

Jason Weaver was down in the papers to ride Burning Impulse in the Northern Computer Markets Maiden Stakes and Donna's Double in the S V Rutter Handicap, but he had to cry off after 'straining ligaments behind his right knee' at Haydock on Saturday and in stepped Dettori.

Weaver would have had an armchair ride on the Jeremy Noseda-trained Burning Impulse, who looked a class above his rivals as he strolled home by seven lengths without Dettori having to move a muscle, and it would be no surprise to see him go on and win something better.

Dettori was having his first ride for Don Eddy on Donna's Double, who quickly doubled up for the former champion with a decisive success, leading over one out and going on to beat Free Will by one and a quarter lengths.

Elsewhere, Mark Johnston introduced another potentially very smart two-year-old in the shape of Love Regardless, who made an impressive debut under Kevin Darley in that Racecourse Video Services Maiden Stakes.

Darley tracked the leader Hurricane Coast until asking his mount to quicken over two furlongs out and the response was immediate with the son of Storm Bird soon sweeping into the lead.

The odds-on David Loder-trained Access Denied tried to go with him, but Love Regardless's stride lengthened in great style and he drew away to see off the former's challenge with five lengths to spare.