AN entire decade has flown by since a Ryedale trainer flew the flag in the final major handicap of the Flat turf season. But, as the campaign draws to a close at Doncaster on Saturday, the local fraternity will be out in force in a bid to put the record straight.

The target is the £70,000 Betfred November Handicap and Brian Ellison, the man who sent out Carte Diamond to claim first prize in 2004, is this year represented by Manhattan Swing, who turns his attentions from hurdles as the Flat curtain comes down.

A switch of codes might well work the oracle for this talented former Dermot Weld inmate, who comes from a yard in form. Ellison sent out Full Day to land Listed race glory in last Friday’s Wensleydale Hurdle at Wetherby to have the Norton trainer dreaming of Cheltenham in March, while the battle-hardened Dream Walker scored for Ellison at Newmarket the following day.

Whatever the fate of Manhattan Swing, he will be lining up against a maximum field of runners in one of the most hotly-contested handicaps of the season.

The Ryedale challenge may also include Tim Easterby’s mud-loving Ardlui, who will have conditions in his favour as he aims to step up on his recent third-placed effort on Town Moor, and David O’Meara’s Fattsota, narrowly beaten at York last month.

Richard Fahey’s recent course winner Latenightrequest, another horse who thrives on soft ground, could also be in the field.

Geoff Oldroyd sent out Jamaican Bolt to win on this course a fortnight ago and the sprinter is likely to be back on Saturday for an ambitious tilt at Listed company in another of the feature races, the Wentworth Stakes, also on the cards for Mick Easterby’s Aetna and the Julie Camacho-trained Diescentric.

Megan Carberry is set to be a winner at Doncaster on Saturday, no matter how she faces on the racecourse.

The Ryedale rider, who has enjoyed an excellent first season in Britain, attached to the Brian Ellison stable, is in an outright lead going into the final round of the 2014 Go Racing In Yorkshire Apprentice Series and is therefore an assured winner of a coveted first prize.

Carberry, following in the footsteps of last year’s winner, Gary Mahon, who was apprenticed to Tim Easterby, will receive a sponsorship from Go Racing In Yorkshire worth £1,500 in cash, plus £500 in equipment from Wendy Hoggard’s White Rose Saddlery in Norton.