Saturday's Selection

Go On Mayson didn't reward our each way support at Newbury on Friday, but I would imagine his trainer David Evans will be over the moon with his run. He was clearly green early doors and he dropped to the rear after a furlong. However, as the race entered the final 2f the penny seemed to drop, and he stayed on really nicely late on for 7th. It was a great effort on his first day at school and he looks as though he should be good enough to win a maiden.

Tomorrow the Super Sprint is the highlight of the day, but that race is notoriously tricky from a punting perspective. The one I like goes in the 3.15 at Newmarket, a class 2 8f handicap, and Miracle Of Medinah looks sure to relish the step up to a mile and the quick ground he is likely to encounter on Saturday.

This 5yo son of Milk It Mick has been a flagbearer for his trainer Mark Usher and he had a superb start to his career as a 2yo. He won 4 races, including a Group 3 here over 7f, and he also took a listed heat at Newbury. That Group 3 win back in September of 2013 remains his most recent victory, but he has been showing definite positive signs on his last few runs. Hopefully tomorrow is the day he can get his head back in front.

He ran a cracking race in a handicap at Ascot (7f gd/fm) on his seasonal return, beaten just over 4L and staying on eye-catchingly well in the closing stages off a mark of 97. He was stepped up to 7.5f next time out at Chester, and again he ran better than his finishing position of 7th suggests. He was just over 3L behind the winner off 95 and he again shaped as though he was crying out for a little bit more distance.

He steps up to a mile at Newmarket on Saturday and the handicapper has dropped him to a mark of 93. That is the lowest he has been rated in his career, and he was beaten less than a length at Chester last August (7.5f gd) off 94. I think he is more than capable of being involved at the finish off his revised mark of 93, and he is a previous good ground course winner so we know he will like the track and ground. Dane O'Neill comes in for the injured Liam Keniry and he is a more than able deputy. 14/1 looks too big a price for Miracle Of Medinah, and he is a confident each way selection in what looks a wide open race.

STEVOS' SELECTION: 3.15 NEWMARKET-MIRACLE OF MEDINAH E/W 14/1