Best Bets: Saturday 18 June

BRENNANS APPLEBY (Trap 4) - 18:51 Sheffield

BRENNANS APPLEBY has yet to taste success in six career outings at Sheffield, but the strong running bitch has highlighted her turn isn’t far away over the standard four-bend trip, coming from unpromising positions on each of her last three starts to finish in the frame. Her style of racing suggests this switch to handicap racing will suit well, not least in giving her some racing room on the approach to the opening corner. Lining up in a race lacking depth, her make up in the black jacket looks a very useful one and it will be disappointing were she not able to take full advantage.

EMOSKIS GIRL (Trap 1) - 19:26 Sheffield

It may pay to take a chance on the classy EMOSKIS GIRL in this A3 affair over the 500-metre trip. Steadily regaining full fitness on the back of a spell on the side-lines, Phil Barlow’s versatile campaigner has met with tougher assignments of late, crowded early but keeping on well for second behind one that had stolen first march. Drawn inside another strong runner, crucially she has an edge on the sectional ratings in our book and she can tuck in handy behind the early-paced sorts out wider and announce her presence on proceedings from the three-quarter point.

SHARPYSTINGTINGS (Trap 3) - 20:27 Sheffield

Our final selection from the South Yorkshire venue comes just over an hour later and we’re hopeful SHARPYSTINGTINGS can make the wait worthwhile. 3-12 over C&D to date, he’s been in good form on his travels of late, tasting success at open class level over at Doncaster in May. On the backfoot following an early bump last time, he’s far better judged on previous form and he can steal first march on those to his inside and maintain the gallop to resume winning ways on home soil.