IF HORSES for courses is your thing, then BERLUSCA is one to be on at Wolverhampton this afternoon.

The North Yorkshire-trained gelding has notched seven of his nine career wins on this Dunstall Park track, his latest success coming just a week ago when he underlined his well-being with a battling photo-finish success.

A 6lb penalty for that slender victory may, on the face of it, seem a stiff task to overcome – but trainer David O'Meara has given Berlusca a fine chance of succeeding again by handing the mount to his useful apprentice Josh Doyle, whose 5lb claim offsets most of the extra burden.

The coral.co.uk Handicap is the target for Berlusca, who is fancied to return to his Nawton base with an eighth Wolverhampton win under his belt.

Former champion Flat jockey Richard Hughes is now into establishing himself as a trainer and has a good chance of taking his tally of winners into double figure thanks to CASTLE TALBOT in the 32RedSport.com Handicap.

Shane Kelly's mount finished third over 11 furlongs at Southwell last time. He is now stepped up to two miles for the first time and this longer distance may eke out more improvement from him.

Bank Of Gibraltar provides Hughes with another winning chance in the Ladbrokes Maiden Stakes but slight preference is for ANDAZ, trained by Roger Varian and the mount of North Yorkshire jockey Shane Gray.

The three-year-old showed signs of greenness on his debut at Kempton three weeks ago but ran a most encouraging race to finish second.

Andaz should be a good deal wiser this time and is fancied to capitalize on the 23lb weight-for-age advantage he receives from Bank Of Gibraltar.

The nap vote is awarded to FINE 'N DANDY in the Download The New Unibet Racing App Handicap.

John Jenkins' sprinter was a winner at Musselburgh in September and may have needed his comeback run at Southwell last month, when he finished fourth. He is selected to return to winning ways here under Malton jockey Dougie Costello.

At Huntingdon, POTTERS LEGEND promises to be hard to beat in the opening racinguk.com/winterseasonticket Maiden Hurdle.

A useful bumper horse, who won at Fakenham on his debut and finished second in a Listed event at Cheltenham, Lucy Wadham's smart gelding shaped well to fill the runner-up position on his hurdles debut at Newbury last month.

He should have derived plenty of experience from his latest outing and can get back on top this time.

FLETCHERS FLYER gets the vote in the Racing UK Profits Returned To Racing Novices' Chase.

A high-class hurdler, who reached a lofty mark of 140, Fletchers Flyer – trained by Harry Fry – has come up short in both his chasing starts, finishing second at Exeter and third at Cheltenham.

There was, however, plenty of encouragement to be taken from those two performances in decent company. He is worth another chance in a race in which Dan Skelton's well-regarded Value At Risk, a similar standard of hurdler to Fletchers Flyer, may rank as the main danger, provided he does not repeat the error which led to him crashing out of his first chase at Newbury.

Tara Flow and Xenophon are both bidding for hat-tricks at Huntingdon and both have leading claims.

Trained by Venetia Williams, TARA FLOW has won at Uttoxeter and Leicester and has every chance of obliging again under a penalty in the rewards4racing.com Handicap Hurdle. Aidan Coleman rides.

XENOPHON, trained by Olly Williams, runs in the racinguk.com/anywhere Handicap Chase and will be likewise hard to beat. Successful at Doncaster and on this course, the eight-year-old makes plenty of appeal in his treble bid.