Richard Birch

4 days ago | racingpost.com | Richard Birch |Catherine Macrae

Title chasers Dan Skelton and Willie Mullins go head to head with Asta La Pasta and Westport Cove in a £100,000 feature that provides both quality and depth. Asta La Pasta competes off a career-high 135 after making all in a four-runner Ayr affair that fell apart from halfway. He had previously finished 28 lengths behind Teddy Blue when last of four to complete the course at Kempton and is only 1lb better off with that Harry Derham-trained rival.

4 days ago | racingpost.com | Richard Birch

Perfidia5.30 RedcarThere may be 16 runners declared for Redcar’s concluding 6f handicap (5.30) but it’s hard to see beyond Perfidia. The Tim Easterby-trained three-year-old was a big eyecatcher on his seasonal reappearance at Pontefract last Monday and an official mark of 55 clearly underestimates him. The son of Dandy Man didn’t always look entirely straightforward during an eight-race juvenile campaign in 2024, but he shaped with promise on several occasions.

4 days ago | racingpost.com | Richard Birch |Liam Headd

Dubai Honour landed this Listed race 12 months ago before winning Group 1 events in France and Australia. Last year’s Kempton runner-up Okeechobee reappears following a 360-day layoff which came after his only subsequent outing of 2024, a head success over Desert Hero in Sandown’s Group 3 Gordon Richards Stakes.

4 days ago | racingpost.com | Richard Birch

La Dolce Dolly is an improving young mare who will have conditions to suit in leg one (2.00) of the Plumpton Placepot, which carries a guaranteed £50,000 pool. She can confirm recent course superiority over Warranty, despite an 8lb turnaround in the weights, with feared most. The duel for the British trainers’ title between Dan Skelton and Willie Mullins continues in leg two (2.35).

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Richard Birch

Bank on Ardisia to retain his unbeaten record in leg one (2.05) of the Pontefract Placepot, which carries a guaranteed £50,000 pool. The colt may have beaten only three rivals on his debut at Musselburgh, but the manner in which he finished off his race took the eye. He can defy a 7lb penalty from stall one. Under The Radar and Saucy Jane are the suggestions in leg two (2.35), with Perfidia and City Captain chosen for leg three (3.05).