Thursday's Best Bets

THURSDAY'S SELECTIONS:

BEVERLEY: 2.10 Reve Du Jour, 2.40 Mungo Park, 3.15 Red Roar, 3.50 Broxbourne, 4.25 Lakeman, 5.00 Kheskianto, 5.30 Silly Gilly

CHEPSTOW: 5.15 Knocker Knowles, 5.50 Tuscan King, 6.20 Dr Wintringham, 6.50 Adaeze, 7.25 Viviani, 8.00 Thundering Home, 8.30 Miss Excel

GOODWOOD: 4.55 Dance Company, 5.30 Leenavesta, 6.00 Knightly Escapade, 6.30 Aldwick Bay, 7.05 Moynahan, 7.40 Absinthe, 8.10 Bermondsey Bob

LEOPARDSTOWN: 5.35 Ahimsa, 6.05 Seeharn, 6.35 Canaille, 7.05 Emiyna, 7.35 Barrow Island, 8.05 Un Hinged, 8.35 Diamond Daze

NEWMARKET: 2.20 Appointee, 2.50 Mashaaref, 3.25 Interaction, 4.00 Trumpet Major, 4.35 Sea Soldier, 5.10 Planetoid, 5.45 Tyfos

SALISBURY: 2.00 Takeitfromalady, 2.30 Tight Lipped, 3.05 Orpen'Arry, 3.40 SUNDAY BESS (NAP), 4.15 Fanunalter, 4.50 Sarangoo, 5.20 May Contain Nuts

STRATFORD: 5.40 Tara Rose, 6.10 High Fallutin, 6.40 Crack At Dawn, 7.15 Torran Sound, 7.50 I'm The Decider, 8.20 Banyan Tree

TRAMORE: 5.25 Bleuker, 5.55 Tawaagg, 6.25 Cadeaux Fax, 6.55 Best Of Bocelli, 7.25 Give Us A Hand, 7.55 Canitellyou, 8.25 Realt Den Chathair

DOUBLE: Sunday Bess and Fanunalter

Fanunalter can enhance his upwardly mobile profile by scooping another Group Three prize at Salisbury on Thursday.

Marco Botti must be thrilled by the progress of his five-year-old this year following a string of fine performances, both in Dubai and in Britain.

He can again illustrate his well-being in the totepoool Sovereign Stakes over a mile.

Quantity over quality appear watchwords for this year's renewal, in which Fanunalter is arguably the stand-out performer in a 12-runner field.

Although he is burdened with a 3lb penalty following his determined Diomed success at Epsom, his narrow second against Dick Turpin at Ascot last time sets the standard.

Botti will be keen for an arid spell between now and the race, though, for Fanunalter has shown a great fondness for a fast surface.

If that is the case, he deserves to win a Group Three of this nature before stepping back up in class.

Sunday Bess must also be in with a good shout in the EBF "Tobougg" Fillies' Handicap.

Trained in Cheshire by Tom Dascombe, the three-year-old filly has turned in some really encouraging displays this term.

Having finished fourth behind dual Oaks heroine Dancing Rain in a Newbury maiden, she was then probably a little outclassed in a hot renewal of the Cheshire Oaks.

That theory was perhaps emboldened in the Ribblesdale at Royal Ascot.

Interspersed between those efforts, however, was a brave second to Queen's Vase runner-up Solar Sky at Haydock.

There was also nothing wrong with her close-up second behind Mungo Park at Hamilton in a race that is working out well.

Dascombe will be quietly satisfied by the handicapper's revised rating of 76 for this daughter of Deep Impact, who remains quite an exciting prospect from the Manor House supply-line.

Mashaaref also looks to be firmly on the march ahead of the Holden Stud Handicap at Newmarket.

Despite being unraced as a two-year-old, Roger Varian's colt has made plenty of headway this term.

A maiden success over a mile at Nottingham served notice of his potential, while his second over 10 furlongs at Ascot last month was hardly head-in-hands time.

Although the winner that day, All Action, has since let down the form, Mashaaref easily held off a sustained challenge from a horse of Sir Michael Stoute's, who shaped with credit at Goodwood last time.

The three-year-old son of Cape Cross is 2lb higher for this race, but, given his age, is in receipt of plenty of weight from all but three of his rivals.

There's decent evening racing at Goodwood, where Moynahan can finally end a craven sequence of results.

Paul Cole's six-year-old, who was sixth in the 2000 Guineas three years ago, has not won since last May.

But he invariably goes well at Goodwood and showed a little flicker of promise when staying on for fourth over a furlong farther a couple of weeks ago.

Moynahan remains 3lb better off than when last successful over course and distance and also has shown fair form with a bit of underfoot ease.

Cole's representative would certainly not be winning out of turn in the Westerton Handicap.

Dr Wintringham is hardly prolific, but can be trusted to run with honour in the Kam And Sally At Breakfast Fillies' Handicap at Chepstow.

Reve Du Jour has done enough in four starts to warrant a little interest in the EBF Beverley Annual Badgeholders Maiden Fillies' Stakes on the Westwood.

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