BEST OF THE REST (SATURDAY)

Saturday is packed with racing action and pundit Rory Paddock takes a look away from the live ITV races and pinpoints a trio of runners not to ignore. 13:40 MUSSELBURGH

Albegone makes plenty of appeal back at a venue where he has enjoyed previous success. A course-and-distance winner, he tends to come to hand at this stage of the season and has produced some of his best efforts around late May and early June in recent years. Now operating from a highly attractive mark, conditions look ideal for a return to form.

Wee Mary has been admirably consistent throughout the campaign and is entitled to be competitive once again despite finding wins difficult to come by. Classy Clarets also commands respect having finished in the first three on each of his last seven starts and another solid effort looks likely.

Royal Duke is another former course-and-distance winner worth noting and now races from a mark that gives him every chance of becoming involved.

ALBEGONE (WIN)

14:50 MUSSELBURGH

Modern Times took a significant step forward when tackling seven furlongs at York last time, finishing a close-up second in a competitive 22-runner handicap. That performance suggested he remains in good heart and he now returns to a track where conditions should suit.

His latest victory came around this time last year from a mark 5lb higher than today's rating, suggesting he remains well treated if able to reproduce that level of form.

Zubaru has enjoyed a productive campaign with two wins and two placed efforts from four starts, although another rise in the weights asks a tougher question. Royalty Bay appeals as the most likely to capitalise should the principals fail to deliver.

MODERN TIMES (WIN)

16:25 DONCASTER

Galeron has yet to regain the winning thread since returning from his spell in Australia, but there have been enough encouraging performances to suggest his turn may not be far away. He shaped particularly well in last year's Lincoln Handicap over this course and distance and now drops into a contest that appears less demanding than some of his recent assignments.

The Charlie Hills yard has a strong record at Doncaster and a return to one of his favoured tracks could help unlock further improvement.

Akkadian Thunder is respected, while Apotheosis also enters calculations. The latter boasts course-and-distance winning form and the booking of William Buick catches the eye in a race where fine margins could prove decisive.

GALERON (E/W) written by Rory Paddock