KIND Regards has the ideal draw to record a pillar-to-post victory in the opening Bonusprint Handicap at Goodwood.
Mark Johnston won the equivalent contest 1996 with Green Barries, a half-brother to the selection. And the in-form Middleham trainer will be hoping Kind Regards (2.15), can maintain the family tradition by collecting the £50,000 opener.
The three-year-old filly likes to front run, so her position in the number 19 stall, tight against the far side rail, should ensure she goes the shortest way round while many of her fancied rivals are forced to chart a much wider path.
Don't forget to have a look at Atlantic Rhapsody, also from Johnston's yard. He ran a cracker when just out of the money in the William Hill Mile yesterday.
Winner finding at the Festival is proving to be tough and the following Showcase Handicap epitomises the strength in depth of the current mile-and-quarter division.
The race features a stack of fast-improving types including the bottom-weight Pedro Pete (2.45).
His gritty success at Ascot cost jockey Craig Williams a 3-day ban for misuse of the whip, however it demonstrated the determination of Mick Channon's gelding because Pedro Pete responded most bravely to his riders' urgings.
Any further rain could produce a shock result in the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes.
The well-touted Bouncing Bowdler, runner-up to Superstar Leo in the Norfolk Stakes, probably needs really fast ground to show his best.
Alan Berry's decision to run both Red Millennium and Charlie Parkes sets supporters of the popular Lancastrian handler something of a poser.
The former has been sparkling from the word go scoring four times in all, whereas Charlie Parkes (3.50) has yet to get off the mark in three starts.
Poppy's Song (5.00) might be the answer to the 17-runner cavalry charge for the 5.00.
Henry Candy's filly has speed to burn and more importantly receives weight from all but two of her rivals.
Best bet on a bumper card at Thirsk might be Pix Me Up (3.05), trying her luck for the first time over twelve furlongs.
Flowing Rio's (4.15) rating suggests she will make short work of the opposition in division one of the Little Smeaton Claiming Stakes.
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