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• O'Brien can strike at Perth via Wolf Prince

  West Country James Stevens IT IS to Perth we go for the first jumps meeting of the month on Saturday and the early-season leader in the trainers' championship, Fergal O'Brien, can take the day's big race with Wolf Prince.

• Bethell debutant to prove himself great

  BLACKROD remains a highly promising sprinter in the making despite his seventh placing in the Wokingham at Royal Ascot last month and he can make a winning debut for Edward Bethell in the William Hill Great St Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon on Saturday.

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• Happy Romance looks the ideal match for Hungerford

  YOU would normally hope to get some sort of clue about whether the far side in the Great St Wilfrid is worth taking a chance on from the consolation race that starts the card, but that won't happen this year.

• Racing League has plenty of the right ingredients

  WHAT do you reckon then? Everyone else has an opinion about this Racing League lark that resurfaced last week. I think it would be fair to say the jury remains out.

• Strike set to get it right in charge of the greys

  Perfect Alibi 2.10, 1m6f fillies' handicap Whichever of his two entries William Haggas runs here would be hard to beat and I narrowly prefer Perfect Alibi.

• More must be done to help ease the burden of travelling

  ON FRIDAY I drove from my home in Cheshire to Doncaster, Musselburgh and then back home. A 12-hour round trip covering 622 miles. To be honest, I was shattered.

• Hungerford can bring the best out of Primo Bacio

  WEEKEND RUNNERS I'VE never hidden what I think of Primo Bacio, who could run in the Hungerford Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. She ran all right in the Oak Tree Stakes at Goodwood but I was expecting better.

• Berkshire's best is more than enough in Sovereign

  Wednesday Morning Poem 3.30 Salisbury, 1m4f Listed John and Thady Gosden have declared both Climate and Morning Poem for this contest and it's the latter who appeals most at a likely bigger price.

• Double has a shot at Hungerford success

  DOUBLE OR BUBBLE can register her biggest win to date when she steps out in the Group 2 BetVictor Hungerford Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.

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