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Saeed Bin Suroor was on the mark at the St Leger meeting on Saturday with two winners and the Godolphin trainer has some live chances this afternoon. The one to be on could be Yarmouth runner Mizbah (14.40) who shaped encouragingly in a competitive nursery at Newmarket last time. That was Mizbah's first outing for two months on the back of success in a Folkestone maiden, and, racing over a mile for the first time, he saw things out well. Off a mark just 1 lb higher today he seems sure to go close. Jamie Spencer is in the saddle and has a superb record when donning the royal blue silks for Bin Suroor, having partnered 26 winners from 129 rides in the last ten years.

Upcountry (15.50) looked a sure-fire future winner on his debut at Newmarket last month and can make it second time lucky at Folkestone. Despite not settling and having to be switched wide, Upcountry still managed to get closest to the impressive winner Tanaami, seeing off a number of more experienced rivals in the process. He's open to a fair bit of improvement and shouldn't be inconvenienced by the drop back to seven furlongs.

Before his days playing the banjolele and singing about cleaning windows, George Formby was an apprentice jockey. George failed to ride a winner but once again has a race at Haydock Park named in his honour this afternoon and in it Firebeam (16.00) looks sure to take plenty of beating. Firebeam was most impressive when scoring at York in July and can be forgiven a lesser run dropped back in trip at Ascot in the meantime. This will be just Firebeam's sixth start and the underfoot conditions will be very much in his favour on his return to seven furlongs.

Recommendations
Back Mizbah @ 4.2 Yarmouth 14.40
Back Upcountry @ 2.64 Folkestone 15.50
Back Firebeam @ 2.16 Haydock Park 16.00

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