Wetherby stages Yorkshire's first Sunday meeting of the year tomorrow and racegoers are guaranteed their money's worth with a bumper seven-race card.

The Family Day Handicap Chase is the feature race and trainer Ian Williams looks to have excellent prospects of clinching this £12,000 event with Navarone.

The ten-year-old has been lightly-raced of late but he showed signs of a return to form at Stratford last month when running Creative Time to one and a quarter lengths.

That was a decent effort from a horse who has won four times in April. Perhaps he can make it five tomorrow.

Bingley trainer Sue Smith has enjoyed a wonderful winter campaign and on the first day of the summer season she promises to continue her winning ways.

Smith saddles the promising Fromragstoriches in the 'Enter Today's Racecard Competition' Maiden Hurdle and the eight-year-old will not get many better opportunities to open his winning account.

Smiths Landing, winner of his last two completed starts, provides Smith with good prospects of a double in the Rocom Handicap Hurdle.

This tough gelding had three-and-a-half lengths to spare over Crystal Gift at Hexham on his latest outing.

The 'Eat & Sleep at the Nags Head, Pickhill Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle - no prizes for guessing the sponsors of this race - looks wide-open, but Red Flyer has shown enough to warrant an interest.

Scottish trainer Len Lungo has chosen the Real Radion Beginners' Chase for Contract Scotland to make his debut over fences.

Tony Dobbin's mount has been absent from the racecourse for a long time, but he was formerly a useful gelding and it is unlikely he will lack the fitness to do himself justice tomorrow.

Katmandu got his head in front at Sedgefield last time and Howard Johnson's charge is fancied to follow-up in the National Festival Circus Novices' Hurdle.

In the saddle will be Graham Lee, rider of two Grand National winners, at Aintree and in Scotland, in the last three weeks.

Tomorrow's Flat action focuses on Brighton, where Lady Pekan is fancied to take plenty of catching in the Harry Bloom Memorial Handicap over five and a half furlongs.

Lisa Jones' mount ran a blinder to finish second to Cape Royal at Epsom in mid-week and, if none the worse for that effort, could well go one better here.

The promising Im Spartacus will not be short of supporters in the European Breeders' Fund Maiden Stakes, while the booking of Kieren Fallon for Meadaaf in the Brighton & Hove Albion Classified Stakes, catches the eye.

Alec Stewart's three-year-old shaped pretty well last season and looks the type to come into his own this term.

My Nap selection is Great View in the Pleasure Palace Racing Lady Riders' Handicap.

Unsuited by reverting to ten furlongs last time, Great View, previously successful at Lingfield, will have the services of Carol Williams, one of the most successful female riders on the circuit. He should prove hard to beat.

Tomorrow's tips:

Wetherby

2.20 Fromragstoriches, 2.55 Red Flyer, 3.30 Contract Scotland, 4.05 Lord Of The Loch, 4.40 Joe Blake, 5.15 Smiths Landing, 5.45 Katmandu.

Brighton

2.10 Im Spartacus, 2.45 Lone Piper, 3.20 Meadaaf, 3.55 Cello, 4.30 Lady Pekan, 5.05 Friends Hope, 5.35 Great View (Nap).

Tomorrow's other meeting is at Ludlow.

Updated: 10:09 Saturday, April 24, 2004