COURAGE is half the battle in the racing game and when it comes to the bravery stakes, Nightspot scores maximum points.

Seemingly incapable of running below-par, Nightspot (3.15) heads to Beverley this afternoon with every chance of landing the mile-and-a-quarter sporthull.co.uk Handicap.

The Eve Johnson Houghton-trained southern raider collected over 11 furlongs at Kempton last time, but the slight drop back in trip need not be a problem for the selection.

Sure to ridden up with the pace by the talented young claiming jockey Thomas O'Brien, he'll likely kick on at the foot of the home straight, a tactic which might well splinter the resolve of their ten rivals.

Another apprentice well worth his allowance is Andrew Mullen, who takes a handy 3lbs off Boomtown's back (3.50) in the Napoleons Casino & Restaurant Nursery.

Boomtown, a son of Fantastic Light, has yet to build on his promising debut second, however he subsequently had an impossible task when a 40-1 rank outsider in a white-hot Newmarket maiden.

Today's Class 5 event represents a significant drop in grade for Mullen's mount, a solid each-way option in the wide-open one-mile two-year-old race.

Boomtown's Middleham-based stablemate, Dubai's Touch, goes pot-hunting to Wiltshire, where victory in Salisbury's Group 3 Sovereign Stakes is no forlorn hope.

According to Superform's normally accurate speed figures, Dubai's Touch (4.15) clocked an outstanding time when nabbing a decent prize at Glorious Goodwood.

Mark Johnston's colt is a big bruiser of a three-year-old, just the sort to deliver the requisite killer blow once Jean-Pierre Guillambert pulls the trigger.

Hayley Turner has been grabbing plenty of headlines, deserved rave reviews that can only bode positively for the prospects of Cushat Law (4.15) in the preceding EBF Fillies' Handicap.

A daughter of the Derby-winning sire Montjeu, Cushat Law broke her duck at Thirsk with a hard-fought triumph in what looked a half-decent race.

Given her relatively stout pedigree, Cushat Law is bred to improve with age and seeing as she's still at the right end of the weights, further success probably awaits.

Although winner-finding appears to be especially hard at Sandown, Lisathedaddy (5.10) is more consistent than most in the closing Greatwood Open Day Handicap.

Brendan Powell's yard is just beginning to show signs of a return to form, a trend well worth factoring into betting calculations for the nine-furlong affair.