BLENHEIM WARRIOR can banish memories of a luckless outing at Newbury last week by winning today's RBS "Confined" Handicap at Bath.

Richard Hughes' grey colt was well fancied on his handicap debut, having been backed into 5-2 favouritism, but little went right and lots went wrong.

Blenheim Warrior firstly missed the break, after which he was far too keen for his own good.

Despite that, the four-year-old was still in contention two furlongs from home but found his path blocked when jockey Stephen Cummins went for broke.

The son of Galileo ended up finishing second in what was quite a good mile-and-a-half handicap, so that must go down as a pretty sound effort after such a troubled passage from virtually the outset.

Blenheim Warrior has to handle this quicker ground, while he obviously needs to settle a little better. Should that be the case on both counts, he will take some stopping as today's nap selection off what looks a fair mark of 65 under Andrea Atzeni.

The return to seven furlongs should do for BOOKMAKER in the 32Red On The App Store Handicap at Kempton.

John Bridger's six-year-old has been running satisfactorily of late but he will be much happier with his lot by dropping down in distance.

After all, the last time he was campaigned over this trip yielded a half-length victory at Lingfield in February off just a 2lb lower mark.

With William Carson still in the saddle, all the lights look green in what is a pretty bad race.

A fine field has been assembled for the British Stallion Studs EBF Tennent's Rothesay Stakes at Ayr, with LUSTROUS a tentative call.

An argument can be made for most of the 14 runners in this Listed heat but David O'Meara's new recruit is not the highest-rated horse in the field on a whim.

The five-year-old daughter of Champs Elysses was just short of top class for previous trainer Richard Hannon, having been placed in races like the Ribblesdale at Royal Ascot and the Lancashire Oaks.

This mile-and-a-quarter trip might be on the sharp side for her but Lustrous loves fast ground and has the quality to overcome a lengthy absence. That she is trained by a master of horses that precisely fit her mould barely needs mentioning.

FIT THE BRIEF can make amends for an unseemly mishap at Worcester last week when she runs in the Connolly's Red Mills Mares' "National Hunt" Novices' Hurdle at Southwell.

Tom George's mare fell when in a promising-looking position in a two-mile maiden hurdle, for which she was the subject of heavy market support. Clearly not without ability, atonement can be swift and satisfying.

READY TOKEN was only beaten a head at Huntingdon last month and although a rise in the weights was a double-whammy, he should still be good enough to win the Racing UK Profits Returned To Racing Handicap Chase at Warwick.