JOHN Gosden, who has set a new record this season by accumulating more than £5m in prize money, is in pole position to swell his earnings in the final Group 1 race of the season at Doncaster this afternoon.

The Newmarket trainer saddles Foundation in the £200,000 Racing Post Trophy and Frankie Dettori's mount, the hot favourite, likely to go off about evens, will be a tough nut to crack.

Three from three is Foundation's record this season and his latest success in the Group 1 Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot confirmed his growing prowess and his potential as a leading Derby contender for 2016.

Foundation had three-quarters of a length to spare over Deauville at the end of the Royal Lodge and also enjoyed the luxury of being able to be eased near the finish. Deauville, trained by Aidan O'Brien, who has such an excellent record in this race, takes him on again today, but would appear to have something on his plate if he is reverse the placings.

O'Brien will also be represented by Johannes Vermeer and Port Douglas, two very talented colts, but with his son Joseph O'Brien taking the mount on Deauville, he would seem to be the stable's leading fancy.

Tony Curtis, winner of two of his three starts for Richard Hannon and well-regarded maiden winner Mengli Khan are among others in the mix for this informative and prestigious one mile event, but Foundation lines-up as a worthy favourite and one who can make another contribution to Gosden's wonderful season.

The £45,000 betdaq.com 2% Commission Handicap looks a wide open sprint. It could be worth taking a chance on Perfect Pasture, trained by Mick Easterby and the mount of up-and-coming 7lb claimer Nathan Evans.

Perfect Pasture showed himself to be in excellent heart when finishing a close-up third to Union Rose on his latest start at York. With Evans' allowance coming into play, the Sheriff Hutton gelding has good prospects of being firmly in the firing line in this race which features Arctic Feeling and Adam's Ale, divided by a whisker when first and second in last Saturday's Catterick Dash.

In the Scott Dobson Memorial Stakes, opens the card, nap selection Dhahmaan makes plenty of appeal.

Marco Botti's youngster, winner of his first two races, finished a close-up second to Donjuan Triumphant in the Listed Rockingham Stakes at York a fortnight ago. That form was made to look even better when the Richard Fahey-trained winner went on to win a Group 2 race in France less than a week later in decisive style.

There is surely more to come from Dhahmaan, who has been lightly-raced and who has done little wrong. He will be teamed-up with Frankie Dettori.

Also worth noting on Town Moor are Tim Easterby's Mystic Miraaj (4-20), the mount of Rachel Richardson and narrowly beaten at Redcar last time out, and the Richard Fahey-trained Theo's Lolly (4-55), who has run a succession of solid races in maiden and nursery company.

Over the sticks at Cheltenham, the £50,000 winner.co.uk Trophy Handicap Chase is the feature event. Azure Fly, trained by the in-form Charlie Longsdon, makes appeal, especially as he may have the fitness edge over several of his rivals.

The gelding won at Ludlow earlier in the month to make it three wins from nine starts over fences. The benefit of that outing will stand him in good stead here with so many runners returning from their summer break. He is entitled to go well.

Dan Skelton, who has made a tremendous start to his training career after being right-hand man to Paul Nicholls for a decade, can make his presence felt with recent winner Workbench (2-10) and the exciting Long House Hall (4-30), while the well-regarded Air Horse One (5-40) may be able to defy a penalty in the closing bumper for Harry Fry and Noel Fehily.