Martin Dixon's Saturday tips: "He's ideally berthed in stall two"

Eighteen runners take their chance in this valuable three-year-old handicap and a low draw is usually a significant advantage in these large field handicaps over seven furlongs at Goodwood. 

Pathein, drawn in stall three, has top weight to defy but he quickly reached a very high level, finishing a close fifth in the Autumn Stakes just a few weeks after a winning debut last year, and I think he can make a mark in a valuable handicap like this before reverting to pattern races later in the year. 

He has course experience after shaping well on his return to action earlier this month, when throwing down a challenge before tiring late as if the run would bring him on, and Ed Dunlop's horses are in terrific form with five winners over the past couple of weeks. 

He drops back from a mile but is a strong-traveller and there are plenty of fast horses on the dam's side of his pedigree. At 14/1 at the time of writing, I recommend backing him each-way. 

Venetian Sun currently trades as favourite for this year's Sandy Lane and I accept dropping back in trip may be a big positive, but I was still a little underwhelmed by her performance in the Guineas and I wonder if Division might just be more progressive in his three-year-old season. 

William Haggas' colt ran a mighty race behind Coppull at Ascot earlier this month despite doing a fair bit wrong - he reared leaving the stalls and didn't relax fully thereafter - but to still be beaten only half-a-length suggests to me his best days are still ahead of him. 

It's drying out but still could be quite tacky ground at Haydock but that doesn't worry me for him because he won with a fair bit of ease underfoot at Yarmouth last season. 

There are some interesting and well-handicapped three-year-olds in this race but Moscow Power appeals as very leniently-treated from a mark of 78 and I expect him to be suited by stepping up a furlong in trip. 

He landed a gamble on his reappearance at Chelmsford, comfortably seeing off The Untamed who has won twice subsequently (officially rated 85), and at Ascot last time he ran a mighty race to finish third after switching right across to the stands side from a low draw and making a big mid-race move. 

He's ideally berthed in stall two to get a good position and if he's as well handicapped as I think then he ought to at least go very close.