Welsh Lord ran green on his racecourse debut, over a mile, at Chelmsford last October and was again restless in the stalls when making his belated seasonal reappearance, over 1 mile 2 furlongs, at the Essex track earlier this month. However, on the latter occasion, despite taking a keen hold, the Dark Angel gelding made all the running to beat the favourite – and subsequent winner – Saint…

In recent months, Sweet Pursuit has developed a liking for Ffos Las, winning three times at the West Wales venue before finishing a closing fourth, beaten 2¾ lengths, in a competitive 0-95 affair 11 days ago. Rod Millman’s 4-year-old filly has been raised 1lb for that effort but, granted better luck in running, the daughter of Pastoral Pursuits can make her presence felt in the Netbet Betmaker Fillies’…