TROPICAL Rock had the misfortune of bumping into a very smart newcomer last time out and should make amends in the British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Windsor.

The daughter of Fastnet Rock bounces off fast ground so her options have been severely limited this summer.

Trainer Ralph Beckett could not blame the ground for her eclipse at Newmarket, though, just the fact that Godolphin's Easy Victory could potentially be out of the top drawer.

She beat the rest pretty comfortably and it was definitely a step forward from her debut, when she finished third of 10 at Ascot.

Tropical Rock certainly sets the standard and should be hard to beat – as long as she behaves herself in the stalls this time.

Whether she compromised her chance by being reluctant to go in last time is anyone's guess but it certainly will not have improved her claims.

There's a chance Parkour will improve upon his seasonal reappearance in the Sky Bet Top Price Every Favourite Handicap.

Jeremy Noseda's former charge won his final two starts last season and looked progressive in the process.

Reappearing back at Wolverhampton, where his two wins had been, he just looked a bit rusty and got going too late, finishing fifth of eight.

That was his first run for Marco Botti, who had a slow start to the season, and while he is hardly banging in the winners, they are running a little better.

William Muir's Equally Fast should be on the premises in the Sky Bet Windsor Sprint Series Handicap (A Qualifier for the Windsor Sprint Series Final).

Back down to his last winning mark, he runs off the same perch as when beaten just over a length last time out.

Recently he has been missing the break and leaving himself too much to do so it is to be hoped he breaks on terms.

There's a decent race at Ayr where Karl Burk'e Lord Ben Stack is given one more chance to confirm the early impression he made in his juvenile days when he runs in the Racing UK Glasgow Fair Handicap at Ayr.

Fifth in the Royal Lodge behind Elm Park, he has been held back by injuries, he showed his ability was still there when a close second to the useful Cymro at Haydock on his final outing last season.

Better was expected first time back at Pontefract but the 5-2 favourite finished fifth of nine, the fact he wsa so well backed suggests those who know him best stil think the ability remains, though.

At Beverley, Ivan Furtado has booked Silvestre De Sousa for Hulcolt in the Richard And Carol Hudson Handicap, a course he has won at four times previously.

In fact, he has never won anywhere else, so he certainly likes it there.

At Cartmel, the Keith Dalgleish-trained Mixboy should take the beating in the Racing UK Day Pass Just £10 Beginners' Chase.

SELECTIONS

AYR: 1.55 Dream On Dreamer, 2.30 Forever A Lady, 3.05 Dark Command, 3.40 El Principe, 4.10 Taking Libertys, 4.40 Kelvin Hall, 5.10 Lord Ben Stack, 5.40 Toffee Apple.

BEVERLEY: 5.35 Chestnut Storm, 6.05 Mere Brow, 6.35 Burtonwood, 7.05 Hulcolt, 7.40 Weld Al Khawaneej, 8.10 Monsieur Glory, 8.40 Judicious.

CARTMEL: 2.10 Golden Town, 2.45 Silver Shuffle, 3.20 Tuscan Gold, 3.55 Mixboy, 4.25 Next Sensation, 4.55 More Madness, 5.25 Triple Eight.

WINDSOR: 5.45 TROPICAL ROCK (NAP), 6.15 Makzeem, 6.45 Absolute Zero, 7.15 Parkour, 7.50 Equally Fast, 8.20 Great Thoughts, 8.50 Seven Clans.

DOUBLE: Tropical Rock and Lord Ben Stack