Manassas was diverted from a Group engagement this weekend to a much easier assignment at Yarmouth and those who took the tip were rewarded as the juvenile powered home as the 5-2 joint-favourite.

MICHAEL STOUTE has captured the Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot with some useful types in his time and he sent out another promising youngster in the shape of Visit to plunder this year’s renewal at Ascot yesterday.

Pillar Of Hercules cost a massive 400,000 guineas at the breeze-up sales last year and can start to repay some of that price tag at Yarmouth.

Magic Echo stunned punters when running out a decisive 66-1 winner of the first division of the EBF/Gosforth Decorating & Building Services Maiden Stakes in the hands of Phillip Makin at Newcastle.

Alfie Flits, a classy bumper horse, continues to progress after switching to the Flat and he made it two out of three under a confident ride from Dean McKeown at Pontefract.

Martin Pipe admitted to a feeling of “relief” after Lough Derg ended his mini-drought with victory in the Christine Loze Birthday Beginners’ Chase at Exeter.

Martin Pipe brought to an end a losing run stretching back almost two weeks when 9-4 favourite Lough Derg landed the Christine Loze Birthday Beginners’ Chase at Exeter.

Edredon Bleu will be the star of the show at Wincanton on Thursday when the evergreen 12-year-old has what will probably be his last run of the season in the Betfair Chase.