Best Bets: Sunday 7 January

Charming Girl (Trap 5) - 15:02 Towcester

Charming Girl (T5) has resumed from a break in fine fettle and is fancied to land heat one of the Blue Riband. The daughter of Ballymac Kingdom is ultra tough to pass when on the bunny and again showed her customary early dash when registering another make-all C&D success on New Year’s Eve. This rates a tougher ask but, in this form, she may well prove tough to contain again.

Clonearls Best (Trap 5) - 15:37 Sheffield

Clonearls Best (T5) is fancied to build on recent success returned to open company. Firmly established as a top-end grader over two and four bends, Elaine Parker’s charge boasts a good record at the South Yorkshire venue and, with another slick exit from the boxes, he’s fancied to account for these rivals off the second bend.

Druids After Glo (Trap 3) - 17:18 Towcester

Druids After Glo (T3) earns our vote to come out on top here. A low-mileage October '21 whelp, he didn’t look entirely at home when campaigned around Romford initially. However, he was well served by the switch to this more galloping track subsequently and went down only narrowly to a resurgent sort over C&D last time. Displaying good early pace on that occasion, a repeat should see him in front early doors again and he can maintain the gallop and have enough in reserve to hold off the challengers.