Ante-post favourite Anak Pekan is in fine form ahead of Wednesday’s totesport Chester Cup, according to trainer Michael Jarvis.

Punters have latched on to Martin Pipe’s Don Fernando as they look towards the big betting race of the weekend, the John Smith’s Northumberland Plate at Newcastle.

A mouth-watering prospect is on the cards at the Curragh on Sunday week when Vodafone Derby hero Kris Kin could clash with Dalakhani, the winner of the Prix du Jockey-Club, in the Budweiser Irish Derby.