Nap of the Day: Crown Of Oaks to book Cambridgeshire ticket

We returned to the winners' enclosure on Friday courtesy of a 10/3 shot at Haydock. Hope you were on!

No such prices this time, but I'm full of confidence about providing more joy for Nap of the Day followers.

He's one of the favourites for the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket later this month, but as things stand his participation is unlikely.

I'm referring to William Haggas' CROWN OF OAKS, who is currently 10/1 at Betfred for the £90k handicap.

The three-year-old son of Wootton Bassett, who represents Brighton & Hove Albion owner Tony Bloom, is currently #94 in the pecking order, meaning his mark of 85 needs raising - and fast.

So, Haggas sends him to Ascot on Saturday to contest a 0-95 handicap over 1m2f, hoping for that exact outcome.

The half-brother to Royal Ascot winner English Oak takes on five rivals in Berkshire, and it'll be a major disappointment to me at least if he's not able to deal with them.

It's fair to say the 260k guineas buy has been a bit of a slow burner for connections, taking four attempts to open his account.

That victory, which followed a couple of eye-catching defeats at Newmarket and Newbury before a disappointing effort at Redcar, came at Ayr in July, in a handicap for the first time off a mark of 79.

He got the better of eight rivals in Scotland, going away ay at the line after a slightly troubled trip, being made to wait for a gap at around the two-furlong pole. His performance can be marked up as far as I'm concerned, especially as it was his first start in over 60 days, during which he underwent a gelding operation.

With that in mind, a six-pound rise looks more than manageable for this lightly-raced gelding who remains open to significant improvement. He should take the world of beating.

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