IT could be all systems go for Charles Parnell (2.10) at Ayr provided he doesn't get caught napping in the stalls.

The Michael Dods-trained two-year-old lost all possible chance with a very tardy start on his Redcar debut, but that forfeiture of vital ground was by no means end of story.

As the six-furlong contest unfolded, Charles Parnell made stealthy headway from the rear and despite being slightly hampered at the furlong pole, still managed to bag third spot and £576 into the bargain.

The selection should by rights have learnt plenty from his introduction and also will strip a far fitter individual. These two positives, plus the fact it isn't the strongest heat in the world, make Charles Parnell a tempting each-way proposition for the opening toteplacepot Maiden Stakes.

No disrespect to Paul Mulrennan but Hayley Turner is going to be a hard act to follow in the saddle aboard Neon Blue (3.40) for the PDM Handicap.

Turner, who will be in action at Yarmouth, has been absolutely brilliant on the bang-in-form four-year-old of late, twice pouncing from impossible-looking positions at Redcar and York.

The key to riding Neon Blue is patience because he likes to come fast and late, a hard-to-execute policy Mulrennan needs to bear in mind if Richard Whitaker's gelding is to complete his hat-trick.

John Gosden doesn't have too many runners at the west of Scotland venue, so the presence of Climate Change (4.10) from his powerful yard probably spells trouble for his rivals in the Kilkerran Cup.

Even the most optimistic of punters wouldn't have given Climate Change a prayer at the halfway stage of his latest Goodwood encounter, in which 19 runners lined up for a massively competitive handicap.

Stuck behind a wall of horses, Richard Hughes somehow extricated Gosden's three-year-old and then proceeded to conjure up a stunning surge of pace to eclipse the leaders in the shadow of the post.

Pontefract kicks off with an Apprentices-only event fancied to fall to Donna's Double (2.20).

Karen McLintock's ten-year-old veteran was involved in a thrilling four-way photo at Newcastle last time out, denied only by the shortest of short-heads when the print finally came through.

Confirmed trailblazer Redwood Rocks (5.20) is reasonably well placed in stall seven to make all in the Renault Kangoo Handicap over one mile.

Bryan Smart's representative adopted a similar modus operandi on a successful trip to Carlisle a fortnight ago, tactics superbly employed by his vastly underrated and under-used partner, Derek McGaffin.

At Yarmouth, everything appears hunky-dory for Inchpast (4.00), who should only be opposed with good reason in the two-miler.

Mark Tompkins' stayer has done nothing except improve during the past 12 months, an upward curve which might well be sufficient to earn him a crack at next month's valuable Newmarket Cesarewitch.

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