PREVIEW: Boanerges can return to Musselburgh on their biggest day's racing of the year and once again grab the winner's share of the £40,000 added to the stake for the Ductform Ventilation (UK) Scottish Sprint Cup Stakes today.Rae Guest's charge took the five furlongs event last year and he looks a good bet to repeat the dose in what should be a very competitive race.
The five-year-old has had a successful start to the current campaign, taking good quality events at both Kempton and Thirsk before finishing a close second to Elvington Boy at York.
Although that one renews rivalry here on the same terms it is a fact that Boanerges met trouble in running and had he set a clear course he would very likely have got nearer to his rival than the half length winning distance.
Obviously still in good heart Boanerges can see off his rivals.
At Kempton, Compton Dragon can lift the Stan James Telephone Heron Stakes as consolation for missing out on Sagitta 2,000 Guineas glory. From the in-form yard of Gerard Butler, Compton Dragon finished just five and a half lengths behind Rock Of Gibraltar despite running on the unfavoured stands' side.
He was staying on well that day and meets nothing of that standard here which suggests that this mile Listed event is well and truly up his street.
The earlier Stan James Telephone Betting Achilles Stakes can fall to Borders who opposes Bishops Court on the same terms as when the pair finished second and third to Kier Park at Beverley last month.
David Loder unleashes another Godolphin two-year-old to contest Doncaster's EBF Zetland Maiden Stakes but his representative Amandus may have to settle for a place behind Rahaf.
However, Godolphin can still be represented in the winner's enclosure as Wadmaan looks to be a good bet in the Rosehill Conditions Stakes at Doncaster.
The unraced colt has some quality entries including an engagement in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom next week, but he does seem an unlikely runner in the premier classic, and the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot.
