Dave Nevison's Saturday tips: selections at Musselburgh and Haydock

Gweedore is a regular runner over seven furlongs at Musselburgh, and returned to form with a really good effort here less than a week ago when finishing second in a higher graded handicap than this one. 

The handicapper has definitely given him a chance after he raced off a rating of 100 five starts ago. He is tried in cheekpieces now, which may be a drastic step for an eight-year-old, but they could just give him the extra oomph, combined with the favourable mark, to enable him to turn his usual strong placed efforts into a winning effort. 

American Affair won off a rating of 70 on his reappearance at this meeting last year and scored off 92 at Doncaster’s St Leger meeting in September having consistently improved all season. He was sent off the 11-4 favourite for the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup on his final start, but was never really involved from a poor draw, and might well have had enough for the season by then. 

He will be fresh here, and has bagged a draw next to the rail over his ideal trip plus has Paul Mulrennan, who has guided him to four of his five wins, aboard. 

It is difficult to see American Affair not going well in this.

There are not many Veterans' Chases over less than three miles, and it looks as though Anthony Honeyball has aimed Glynn at this race after a winter break. 

Glynn rattled up a hat-trick over similar trips, all on good ground, last summer and ended his winning run with an excellent second behind Numitor in October, but meets that stayer on 10lb better terms this time. 

Glynn is still lightly-raced for an 11-year-old, and was eligible for novice events last season, so may still have upside in him over fences, especially compared to this field of veteran chasers. 

He usually runs well after an absence and with the trip and track likely to suit him better than some, he can go close here. 

Andrew Balding had a fabulous bet365 Craven meeting, and has his string are in exceptionally good form this spring plus looks to have targeted this race as a good way to utilise a favourable mark before moving on to stronger company with Wild Waves.

This four-year-old finished off last season with a tilt at the St Leger, which was too much at that stage of his career, but he had previously been a possibly unlucky loser in the Sky Bet Melrose Handicap at York where he came from too far back plus met trouble in running. 

He has been gelded over the winter, which may help him, but he looks as though he could well prove better than a handicapper this year. 

As well as a Chester Cup entry, he also has one in the Group Two Boodles Yorkshire Cup, which is less than a month away.