BLENHEIM TERRACE, no back number at the age of nine, can show his junior rivals a clean pair of heels at Musselburgh tomorrow.

The gelding, trained at Thornton-le-Clay near Malton by Bill Tinning, lines up for the Dundas Wilson Claiming Stakes, for amateur riders, and is napped to prevail.

Blenheim Terrace ran well on his comeback outing on this course last month when fourth to One Domino in handicap company.

That outing should have put him spot-on for tomorrow's race, in which he will be partnered by Gino Carenza, who is attached to Mick Easterby's Sheriff Hutton stable.

Obe One gets my vote in the Royal Bank of Scotland Maiden Stakes.

Alan Berry's two-year-old shaped well on his latest pouting at Ripon when third and he looks capable of further improvement.

Berry won this race last year with Rum Destiny and Obe One is selected to provide the Cockerham trainer with an encore.

Lynda Ramsden saddled two winners at Pontefract yesterday and the Thirsk trainer can follow-up with Kangarilla Road in division two of the Peter Walker Group Handicap.

Robert Winston's mount scored in handsome style at Catterick last week and is taken to defy a penalty.

The £80,000 Sagitta Jockey Club Stakes takes pride of place on the first day of Newmarket's Guineas meeting. This race could well be won by Middleham trainer Mark Johnston's tough and talented Zindabad, the mount of Kevin Darley.

A classy performer last season, when he won at Royal Ascot, Zindabad scored at Newbury on his reappearance in last month's John Porter Stakes and is in excellent form as he approaches this Group 2 contest.

Johnston and Darley also have sound claims with Bandari in the Pearl and Coutts Newmarket Stakes, but I prefer Kundooz, a Doncaster winner last season, who looks likely to make up into a high-class three-year-old. Philip Robinson has the mount on Michael Jarvis's colt.

Also worth watching out for at HQ is Archirondel (1.45), a progressive performer.

Tomorrow's tips:

Musselburgh

2.05 Obe One

2.35 Nifty Major

3.10 Mantles Pride

3.45 Blenheim Terrace

(Nap)

4.20 Colway Ritz

4.55 Lion's Domane

5.25 Diamond Decorum

5.55 Kangarilla Road

Newmarket

1.45 Archirondel

2.15 Kundooz

2.50 Zindabad

3.25 Sociable

4.00 Tarfshi

4.35 Delighted

5.10 Camelot

Updated: 13:35 Thursday, May 02, 2002