Saturday's Selection

Shalaman never landed a blow at Lingfield for us and I was pretty worried to see absolutely no support for him in the markets in the morning. He was out the back early and never looked like getting involved. However, he could be dropped another couple of pounds for that run and if he is dropped back in trip he is still capable of winning a nice race for Irish trainer David Marnane.

Tomorrow's selection goes in the opening mares handicap race at 1.25 in Haydock and this 6yo daughter of Midnight Legend looks massively overpriced at 14/1. Midnight Jazz is in the care of Ben Case, whose big Cheltenham hope Croco Bay suffered a nasty fall in the Grand Annual, and he will be hoping for better luck tomorrow with this admirably consistent mare. She is 4 from 14 under rules, placing on 5 other occasions.

She has been running well this year and her three runs since October have yielded form figures of 342. She kicked off her season in a Listed mares heat at Wetherby (2m soft) and on ground that was a lot more testing than ideal she picked up some place money and all important black type in third. She was then returned to handicap company in a decent race at Cheltenham (20.5f soft) and she again ran a cracker in 4th off 129, just over 4L behind the useful Lily Waugh.

Last time at Exeter (18.5f ) she again found one too good in the shape of Hannahs Princess and she was beaten 6L in 2nd, miles clear of the rest. While that record would suggest that she finds it hard to get her head in front, it is important to remember that his mare is a good ground horse. Okay, she has won on soft before, but she is seen to best effect when there is good in the ground description and she gets that for the first time this season at Haydock tomorrow.

She will have the assistance of Kielan Woods in the saddle and he has had an excellent year so his confidence should be high. She is the third highest rated in the field so she has to concede weight to most of her rivals, but I think she has the potential to be better than her current mark of 129 and at odds of 14/1 I think she has a super chance of hitting the frame.

STEVOS' SELECTION:1.25 HAYDOCK-MIDNIGHT JAZZ E/W 14/1