IT IS the start of the flat turf season heralded by the meeting at Doncaster and of course the famous Lincoln Handicap over the straight mile, but there are also some good cards at Kempton Park on the all-weather surface and at Newbury over the sticks to get stuck into.

Let’s go to South Yorkshire first of all and my best play of the day comes in the big race itself at 3.10 in the form of the nicely weighted and progressive DANYAH (nap).

This Owen Burrows-charge did nothing but improve through his second season in training with two wins and a brace of thirds to his name.