Dave Nevison's top tips for Saturday: Makin money with Lahore?

With heavy rain arriving virtually everywhere on Friday, it is difficult to believe that condiitons won't be pretty attritional at all of the British courses on Saturday.

Hopefully the predictions for a glorious York Ebor Festival are accurate too!

This one is bound to be well supported on Saturday, probably tightening up with every drop of rain that falls.

He disappointed when last of five runners on his latest start but that was on fast ground at Newmarket. Hopefully the ground conditions were to blame there as he was tailed off and beaten 46 lengths, but he went off favourite in that race after bolting up on heavy ground at Windsor.

Qarasu had previously been progressive and ran well on his debut at Newbury on easy ground last year before finishing third in a strong maiden won by a future Group-class performer in the spring.

A rating of 85 looks more than reasonable and he looks a good bet to beat his elders with conditions seemingly right for him agaiun. Roger Charlton is in form and is operating at a strike-rate over 20 per cent when teaming up with Jason Watson at the Berkshire venue - they had a winner together there on Friday too.

Things might just have fallen right for this horse to win a decent handicap like the Great St Wilfrid.

Philip Makin’s horses are running better than the number of winners recently suggests and he landed us an each-way payout at Beverley this week.

Lahore, who looked potentially smart during his early career, came good for Makin last time out over this course and distance which counts for a lot on this tricky track.

That win was on good/soft but he has also run well on heavy before. Lahore runs off 93 now but was rated 99 in the past and is regarded as being well in off that mark.

Very few of his rivals have any secrets from the handicapper and I think stall 19 could be an advantage on soft ground here, especially with Ice Age, Dakota Gold and Belated Breath all drawn just inside.

I will be surprised if Mulrennan cannot get this one into the frame at least and he rates the nap of the weekend.

If, by any chance, Newmarket continues to miss the worst of the rain, I do also like the consistent Lethal Angel in the handicap for greys.