Haydock preview: Sandy Lane Stakes (15.45)

Mattmu, who finished runner-up to Limato in the Two-Year-Old Trophy, is a course and distance winner and looks sure to go well.

The colt, who is trained by the in-form Tim Easterby, rounded off last season with an excellent effort to land a Group 2 at Longchamp, and looked better than ever on his seasonal reappearance when chasing home Glass Office in the Group 2 Duke Of York Stakes at York.

The latter was a cracking effort against seasoned sprinters, and Mattmu is in for a good season if building on it.

Another big player is Toocoolforschool, who could be decent each-way value at the odds on offer.

The Karl Burke trained gelding progressed with each run as a juvenile, and after getting collared late on in the Acomb Stakes at York took his form to a new level when running out the seven length winner of the Group to Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury.

That win came on soft ground, but connections believe that Toocollforschool is just as effective on good going and there was plenty to like about his comeback run when fifth in the Group 3 Greenham Stakes o0ver 7f at Newbury.

The strapping son of Showcasing raced with the choke out at the head of affairs before weakening out of contention to from home, and has reportedly thrived since.

Toocoolforschool has enough speed to cope with the drop back to 6f, and is a tough sort who looks capable of bagging some big prizes this season.