Chris Gordon may have bigger fish to fry these days but he is still the man worth following at Plumpton on Monday and his Alto Alto can defy top-weight in the Howden Rural Insurance Handicap Chase.
Winner of 116 races at the Sussex venue, and at an impressive strike-rate of 18 per cent, it goes without saying that whatever he runs is always worth consideration.
Gordon is one of the biggest characters in the training ranks but this season the quality of horse he has in his care seems to have gone through the roof.
In Bass Hunter he is responsible for the number one contender from the UK for the Champion Bumper and he has good chances in the handicaps at Cheltenham.
Alto Alto is a fair way from running at Cheltenham but he is still the best horse in this race and comes in on the back of a return to form at Plumpton earlier in the month when second.
He was going for a third win in a row in that particular race and a change in headgear sparked him back to life so if it has the same effect again he must go close.
Another team who do well at Plumpton is that of Gary and Josh Moore and their Mondo Man drops in grade for the Alfriston Hotel - Have You Visited? Maiden Hurdle.
He has had a tall reputation since he finished a 4-length fifth in the French Derby a couple of years ago but as yet he is without a win over timber.
However, that does not tell the whole story as he made his hurdling debut against Lulamba, ran well against Mambonumberfive in the Adonis and then ran in the Triumph Hurdle.
Well fancied for a £100,000 handicap at Ascot last time out he finished fourth of 13 and that form is head and shoulders above what anything else has achieved.
Olly Murphy's Zamek may prove a different proposition now he has had a wind operation ahead of the Watch On Racing TV Maiden Hurdle at Ayr.
Third on his only bumper outing for Paul Nicholls before joining Murphy, he has subsequently finished in the first four in three runs over hurdles.
In all of them he has looked like playing a leading role in the finish before finding little off the bridle so tinkering with his wind looked the obvious thing to do.
Murphy and champion jockey Sean Bowen can then double up in the Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Chase with Jaccours.
The seven-year-old has only won one of his five outings over hurdles but starts life over fences off a mark of 115.
Given that his win came on his most recent outing, it suggests the penny may finally be dropping and he could rattle off a sequence before the end of the season.
On the all-weather at Wolverhampton Tom Clover's Lady Antipova catches the eye in the Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes.
She has not been seen since going very close on her debut at Wetherby in June when beaten by Cotai Belle, now rated 80.
The third and fifth both also won giving substance to the form suggesting it may have been a decent race for the grade.
Charlie Appleby's City Queen shaped well enough on her only start to date at Newmarket in a race which has produced several winners.
That novice race for fillies was won by David Menuisier's Inis Mor who went on to be second in a hugely valuable race at Longchamp on Arc weekend, while the second is rated 80 after three runs and the third and fourth have come out and won.
City Queen was fifth and this daughter of Dubawi looks like relishing an extra 200m in the Daily Profit Boosts At betmgm.co.uk Maiden Fillies' Stakes. - Press Association
TAB is betting on 3 UK meetings on Monday. Here are the tips.
PLUMPTON: Race 1: 15.30 Mondo Man, Race 2: 16.00 Dissident, Race 3: 16.35 Lumi Plugin, Race 4: 17.15 ALTO ALTO (NAP), Race 5: 17.45 Minella Kaiser, Race 6: 18.15 Getaway King, Race 7: 18.45 Kilworth.
AYR: Race 1: 15.50 Blakey Boy, Race 2: 16.25 Zamek, Race 3: 17.00 Jaccours, Race 4: 17.30 Next Twist, Race 5: 18.00 Diamond Geezer, Race 6: 18.30 Lirion.
WOLVERHMAPTON: Race 1: 18.25 Midnight Call, Race 2: 19.00 Lara Antipova, Race 3: 19.30 City Queen, Race 4: 20.00 Porfin, Race 5: 20.30 Homme De Fer, Race 6: 21.00 Crown Relic, Race 7: 21.30 Platinum Babe, Race 8: 22.00 Dash Power, Race 9: 22.30 Darn Hot Dame.
ALL TO COME: Mondo Man and Alto Alto (Plumpton, Races 1 and 4).