KING OF SWING has an awful lot going for him at Nottingham.

Trained in Lincolnshire by the capable James Given, the three-year-old gelding looks to have been shrewdly placed in division one of the ROA/Racing Post Owners Jackpot Handicap.

King Of Swing has a nice, unexposed profile, having won so well on his debut at Haydock last September.

And although it is quite possible this son of Dutch Art would prefer conditions to be a little less brisk, those fears are surely offset by a super run on good ground a week and a half ago at Thirsk.

Given's inmate only went down by half a length to the useful Van Gerwen but came out of that extremely competitive six-furlong handicap with stacks of credit.

The handicapper was clearly impressed as King Of Swing has gone up 4lb for finishing second, which is probably a tad harsh.

Be that as it may, he should still be in the game off a mark of 74 in what, on paper at least, does not look as good a race as at Thirsk. Norton jockey Tom Eaves partners today's nap selection.

BIFF JOHNSON, ridden by Phillip Makin, can emerge one of the leading lights on a big day for Newcastle.

Gosforth Park officials will be in a state of some fervency as the racecourse stages its first all-weather fixture.

Big fields and a divided race will reassure Newcastle that the demand is there – but with the Tapeta track in its infancy, the pitfalls for punters are obvious.

That said, there is a fairly sizeable case to invest in Biff Johnson, who represents trainer Keith Dalgleish in the Best Odds Guaranteed At 188Bet Handicap over a mile and a quarter.

The four-year-old son of Dansili is an all-weather maestro, having won three of his last four starts on an artificial surface.

Yet despite having rocketed up the weights, he was clearly not finished at Wolverhampton on his last outing in February when he accounted for Icebuster by two and a quarter lengths.

With this drop in trip of no consequence – he won twice at Chelmsford three months ago over 10 furlongs – Biff Johnson has the quality to overcome another 7lb hike.

MONDAY CLUB should not go unnoticed in the Priestley Handicap at Lingfield.

The Dominic Ffrench Davis-trained chestnut is not a world-beater but he turned in quite a nice performance at Bath last month, when a staying-on fifth in a one-mile handicap.

That run deserves bumping up a little as it was Monday Club's first start since December.

And in what is most certainly not an epic encounter, the gelded son of Strategic Prince can cash in under Adam Kirby on a humble mark of 58.

Expect to see a much-improved SINGEUR in action at Wetherby.

Rebecca Bastiman's experienced sprinter was thought to need cut in the ground but his winning form suggests otherwise.

With that in mind, a fast five furlongs in the Racing UK Day Pass Just £10 Handicap could be just the job for a horse who last month floundered in the mud at Thirsk and Beverley.

FRONTIER VIC has been in fine fettle and can be trusted to once again go well in the Hugh Dye's Retirement Handicap Hurdle at Huntingdon.