Peter Savill should be cheering a Red Revolution today.
That's not to say that the British Horseracing Board chairman will be espousing the cause of communism in his morning address to the Racehorse Owners' Association annual general meeting in London.
Far from it.
Rather, Savill's horse of that name looks set to gain the biggest win of his career to date in the five-furlong thehorsesmouth.co.uk Handicap at Newmarket in the afternoon.
His three-year-old is making into a very useful sprinter.
He won the last of his three starts on the all-weather in the winter, routing his rivals in a maiden at Lingfield in January.
And the colt ran a blinder after a long lay-off when sixth in the six-furlong William Hill Trophy at York a fortnight ago, weakening inside the final 200 yards having looked sure to go close at the furlong-pole.
Trainer David Barron, who has few peers in handling sprinters, wastes no time in bringing him back to the minimum trip today.
Sure to be all the better for his first run of the summer, Red Rev- olution will be hard to beat over what may well prove his ideal distance.
York fifth Boast - who beat Red Revolution by half a length a fortnight ago - is also worth backing for the Bure Fillies' Conditions Stakes.
She did particularly well to go so close on the Knavesmire, as she had a moderate draw and had to come from some way off the pace, and is clearly a smart sixfurlong performer.
Fulke Johnson Houghton's three-year-old meets most of her rivals on better terms today than if this race were a handicap and is sure to go well.
Biggest betting race of the day is bound to be Newcastle's Northern Rock Gosforth Park Cup, a £25,000-added five-furlong handicap in which virtually all the 20 runners can be given a chance.
Those looking for a long shot could do a lot worse than side with the reappearing Tadeo, whose record under big weights suggests he is far from out of it despite having 9st 11lb to carry.
The seven-year-old, who ran his best race of last season first time out, has rejoined in-form Mark Johnston this term and can be expected to be in good shape, given the tremendous run being enjoyed by his stable.
