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Princess RIBBLE Princess gets one more chance on the all-weather at Wolverhampton on Saturday night and if she fails on this faster surface she will be schooled over hurdles by Derek Byrne next week.

I hope Derek Byrne is successful today at Musselburgh on Ribble Assembly, who is in great form, but horses do make fools of us at times.

With only seven weeks to go to the start of the 2000 flat season, all the horses of both Kevin Ryan and Les Eyres are in full work and one or two are beginning to shine already.

My own two year olds are named Hambleton Highlite and Lastofthewhalleys and are both coming to hand early.

All the early indications are that Hambleton Highlite, who is by Paris House, could be very special.

The trainer has entered him for the £150,000 Fairyhouse Super Sprint at the Curragh in Ireland in late July and has also pencilled him in for the Brocklesby which is the first two year old race of the season at Doncaster on March 23.

On Wednesday at Lingfield, two horses should go very close are Fahs in the 3pm Fahs and Punishment and the 3.30pm.

On Thursday at Wolverhampton Jason Edmunds, who is a very underrated jockey, rides Areish for his father in law John Balding and he should make it a hat trick of wins for the family.

At Catterick on Friday my friend and trainer Martyn Wane runs Ghutah in the 2.20pm and if he reproduces the form he showed on the gallops last Saturday morning he could be a big priced each way bet for us.

At Wolverhampton on Saturday night I will be cheering on our own Ribble Princess, but my money will be down on another Kevin Ryan runner, Al Mabrook ridden by Iona Wands. This horse has impressed me since it arrived at Hambleton Lodge four weeks ago from Newmarket trainer K Mahdi.

Have a good week.

TIPS FOR THE WEEK:

WEDNESDAY (Lingfield) Punishment (Nap)

WEDNESDAY (Lingfield) Fahs

THURSDAY (Wolverhampton) Areish (Nap)

FRIDAY (Catterick) Ghutah (EW)

SATURDAY (Wolverhampton) Al Mabrook (Nap)

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