The Worthington Lincoln at Doncaster today is as difficult a puzzle as always to solve but it could pay to take a chance with last year's third Right Wing.
The John Dunlop-trained five-year-old is set to carry 9st 5lb following a successful campaign in 1998 when his best effort came over this course and distance in September.
On that occasion he was given a peach of a ride by Richard Quinn. The Scotsman held this quirky customer up in last place and waited until the last possible moment before unleashing his mount, who came with a rare rattle to collar Silk St John on the line and land the spoils by a short head.
The runner-up that day re-opposes on 1lb better terms and once again there should be little to choose between them.
Right Wing was also in the frame in the Newbury Spring Cup and William Hill Mile at Goodwood last term.
This tough entire, a strong finisher, requires a strongly-run race to show his best - which he is sure to get in the first leg of the `Spring Double'.
With Quinn once again in the plate and drawn favourably in stall eight, Right Wing is worth a bet to land this £50,000 contest.
Captain Scott, joint-favourite with the selection, looks a big danger. Jeremy Glover's charge leapt to the head of the Lincoln market following his impressive victory in the Lincoln Trail at Wolverhampton and is sure to give a good account of himself.
But the race looks set up for Right Wing, who gets the nap vote to get the better of Silk St John and Captain Scott.
Andreyev looks the answer to a tricky race for the Cammidge Trophy. Eight sprinters go to post of this Listed contest over six furlongs and a case can be made out for most of the runners.
But Andreyev has shown good form at the highest level with a fourth place behind Tamarisk in the Group One Stanley Leisure Sprint Cup at Haydock last September to his credit.
Richard Hannon's four-year-old won three times last year - first time out, a Listed race at Newcastle and a Group Three race at Deauville - and is well-suited by some give in the ground.
Therefore with the going to his liking Andreyev, who is capable of further improvement, gets the nod to prove too strong for the consistent Tedburrow and Yorkies Boy, another who comes to hand early.
The feature event on Newbury's jumps card is the final of the Hoechst Roussel Vet Panacur EBF Mares' National Hunt Novices' Hurdle and it could pay to side with top weight Tempestuous Lady.
Nicky Henderson's charge has won three of her four starts this season and showed much-improved form last time to beat Damp Course two lengths at Sandown when conceding 21lb to the runner-up.
