Marcus Tregoning`s remarkable season can continue with a swing at Newmarket tomorrow.
The trainer has been found yet another ideal opportunity for Albarahin in the Lawdirect James Seymour Stakes to prove yet again what an admirable model of consistency he has become.
Tregoning has saddled 18 winners this season, not a great total, but let it not be forgotten that due to his yard being crippled by a virus earlier in the year, it wasn`t until mid-July that the stable got off the mark.
Since then Tregoning has been making up for lost time and Albarahin is a classic example of a horse who has been given a perfectly-planned Autumn campaign.
Whereas most of his rivals will have been on the go far longer, the five-year-old is thriving in the final weeks of the season, winning Listed races at Goodwood and Newmarket and finishing second in the Prix Dollar at Longchamp.
This contest looks a little harder than the won he took at Newmarket last time out but he loves a battle and can give his amiable trainer another success before enjoying a hard-earned winter`s rest.
Demophilos looked a colt of some potential when winning a decent maiden at headquarters on his debut last month.
Amanda Perrett`s charge was well-supported beforehand and justified the expectations in style, scoring cosily from Big Moment.
The son of Dr Devious should have no trouble getting a mile on breeding and he looks worth an interest in the Lawdirect Conditions Stakes.
Despite winning three times this season and running consistently well all year, Romantic Affair is unexposed at marathon distances and he rates a fascinating contender in the NGK Spark Plugs Stubbs Rates Stakes over two miles.
He landed some big bets when finishing fast and late to win a valuable event at Doncaster last month, needing every yard of the extended 14 furlongs to get his head in front under a determined ride from Pat Eddery.
He then finished a solid second to Kind Regards at Ascot, where the stop-start early pace and the bottomless going would not have suited his style of running.
With conditions more likely to suit here, Romantic Affair - who could be a Group-race performer next year - can return to winning ways.
Simply Gifted made a good impression on his chasing debut at Market Rasen earlier this month and can put the experience to good use in the Country and Metropolitan Homes Novices` Chase at Wetherby.
Tim Easterby`s charge was a useful hurdler two seasons ago but was forced to miss the whole of the last campaign when picking up an injury.
However his trainer reported that the five-year-old had proved a natural over fences and so it proved in the main, Simply Gifted jumping with fluency for most of the contest only to tire and make a horrific blunder at the final fence which brought him to a virtual standstill.
But provided that mistake has had no ill-effects, Simply Gifted looked sure to have come on for that run and can open his account over the larger obstacles.
Another fascinating chasing newcomer is Behrajan, who is hard to oppose in the Tetley`s Bitter Novices` Chase.
The Henry Daly-trained son of Arazi has always been regarded as a long-term chasing prospect despite his Flat pedigree and certainly has the size to jump a fence.
His hurdling form looks streets ahead of rivals and provided that he is fit enough for his seasonal bow, Behrajan should oblige.
