Sunday's Best Bets

SUNDAY SELECTIONS:

DUNDALK: 2.35 Red Army Blues, 3.05 Busalla, 3.35 The Reaper, 4.05 Gush, 4.35 Kenton Street, 5.05 Extra Steps, 5.35 Creekside, 6.00 Maggie Neary

PONTEFRACT: 2.00 Kimbali, 2.30 War Poet, 3.00 Petella, 3.30 RIMTH (NAP), 4.00 Polar Kite, 4.30 Lizzy's Dream, 5.00 Chambers

SOUTHWELL: 2.15 Ginger's Lad, 2.45 Bajan Sunshine, 3.15 Dunowen Point, 3.45 Denton Royal, 4.15 Paddy The Hare, 4.45 Grand Art, 5.15 Ironical

TRAMORE: 2.25 Final Flashback, 2.55 Al Dafa, 3.25 Rockyaboya, 3.55 Mr Bones, 4.25 Trendelenburg, 4.55 Bach Protector, 5.25 Be Direct.

DOUBLE: Rimth and Polar Kite.

The drop in trip looks sure to suit Paul Cole's Rimth in the EBF "Showcasing" Flying Fillies' Stakes at Pontefract on Sunday.

A daughter of Oasis Dream, she has deserved more than her two wins from eight career outings to date.

Since breaking her maiden at the first time of asking at Windsor last May, she has raced almost exclusively in Pattern company, the exception being when she was beaten a nose in a Listed race at Salisbury last September.

She was third in the Lowther between those two runs, and despite not showing her best at Ayr in a Group Three, it was in the Cheveley Park she showed her true colours.

Proving that her run in Scotland was all wrong, she finished in front of a couple who had beaten her at Ayr when beating all bar Hooray, who also won the Lowther.

Treated as a Guineas filly through the winter, those hopes were boosted when she came out and won the Fred Darling on her first start at three.

Cole decided to give Newmarket a miss and aim for the French Classic instead, but she appeared not the stay the mile.

Dropped to seven furlongs at Goodwood most recently she had no chance from stall 15, but ran a blinder to finish fourth in the Oak Tree Stakes.

Back over six furlongs she can get back to winning ways.

Richard Fahey's Kimbali can surely open his account in the British Stallion Studs EBF Trevor Woods Memorial Maiden Stakes.

Second twice already from just two runs, he was a beaten odds-on favourite at Ripon most recently.

However, he lost his chance that day with a tardy start and the winner, who had far more experience, had flown by the time his young jockey got him organised. Compensation awaits.

Fahey's Polar Kite still looks unexposed in the John Hirst - 50th Birthday Handicap.

He found the Britannia Handicap at Ascot a bit too much but previously he had run well behind Sagramor at Haydock. There should be more to come from him.

David O'Meara's War Poet can pick up the winning thread again in the Family Funday Handicap.

He finished in the first three in his first five races but was then possibly outclassed at Haydock in the Old Newton Cup.

Previously he had looked very well suited by the step up to a mile and a half and this is nowhere near as competitive.

Donald McCain's Dunowen Point can defy a penalty in the Turnbull Building And Plumbing Supplies Novices' Chase at Southwell.

Twice a winner over timber, the Old Vic gelding scored first time out over fences at Carlisle.

That was a decent event run at a good pace and his jumping stood up to the test so he looks a fairly smart recruit for this time of year.

Whenever Tim Vaughan books Richard Johnson the hint should be taken and the pair team up with Grand Art in the CMC Cleaning Summer Gala Claiming Hurdle.

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