Horse racing tips: In-form Dave Nevison shares his best bets

Kapono is running consistently well at present with several recent placed efforts and might be able to defy top-weight in this competitive event.

Although he’s gone up 2lb for last time when beaten a head, it looks as though a stiff six furlongs on easy ground are his ideal conditions so I’m happy to go with him. Kapono mainly runs at Haydock, but judging by the way he finishes over this trip the uphill finish here may suit him even better – especially in a race looking set to be run at a pace.

His recent rider Mark Crehan is enjoying a suspension – a heavy-handed one, in my view - but P J McDonald is a more than able replacement who has ridden several winners for Roger Fell. The yard is going well but could do with converting more of those second places into winners.

He ran really well in a hot 0-95 handicap at Newmarket’s July meeting last time and is fortunate not to have gone up the weights despite finishing a good third – the winner may have subsequently disappointed when a short price at Goodwood but Legendary Day finished in front of two subsequent winners.

He previously won easily at Leicester with a subsequent Ascot handicap winner behind him, so his form is really strong and he is definitely progressive. Hughie Morrison has long been expert at bringing horses through the handicap and looks to have found a good race to exploit a favourable mark.

Leicester and Hamilton are very similar tracks and the booking of Danny Tudhope looks a strong one.

Tristan Davidson has done us a couple of favours with Di Matteo - a similar type moved across from the same Victor Thompson yard this summer - and Muroor is an easy pick.

He was outpaced over 10 furlongs on stable debut last time but stayed on nicely at the business end to be fourth. Muroor didn’t sport his customary headgear which may have meant the jockey had to work a bit harder in the early part of the race, but first-time cheekpieces are applied now and he is going up to a mile and half, so his lack of speed hopefully won’t be an issue.

Once upon a time Muroor had a Flat rating in the mid 60s, so if he has taken to his new trainer there is plenty of leeway with his current mark of 47. The market is a strong indicator with this yard.