Hot To Trot: Winners can continue to flow for Tate with River Cam

Flat Trainer: James Tate

James Tate is quickly moving up the training ranks and has his horses in excellent form after a slight downward spell, as the graph below shows. He is operating at a 25% strike rate for the season and is performing better than he has done over the last five years at a similar point in the season.

Over the coming days, he looks to have a couple of live chances to continue his form. River Cam made an eye-catching debut at Yarmouth when she was slowly away to just beaten by a horse with previous experience. She can be expected to come forward for that and with two entries at the start of the week, she would look to hold strong claims if she turns up in either at Windsor, Newcastle or Nottingham. Tate has a few handicappers entered and one that looks to have a good chance of following up from his last appearance is Battle of Wills. After a solid second behind an extremely well handicapped horse at Ripon in the middle of June, he returned there in first time cheekpieces and registered an easy success, putting seven and a half lengths between him and the third. He heads to Pontefract where he looks to have a live chance of following up under his new mark despite a rise is class.

Flat Trainer: Tom Dascombe

Tom Dascombe has his string near the best form they've been in all season at the moment and can improve on his 58% run-to-form ratio over the next week. His mid-season form hasn't been at the level it usually is but he is now well above his form in the last five seasons.

Of his entries, two draw attention at opposite ends of their careers. Firstly, Phuket Power was due to run at Goodwood on Tuesday but was made a non-runner after plenty of rain hit the track on Tuesday morning, changing the ground conditions. His pedigree suggests a quicker surface would suit, being by Kodiac - who's progeny tend to perform best on good to firm ground - and his smart half-brother Rivellino running his best races on the same surface, suggesting that they would be right to wait for quicker ground. If thought good enough to contest a minor event at Glorious Goodwood, it suggests he can take a strong hand at either Bath or Pontefract on Wednesday in lesser events. Dascombe also has the admiral Calder Prince entered, who has struggled since his return in May but looks to be coming into form now alongside his handicap mark dropping. Now six, he's competing off the lowest mark in his career, one which saw him finish third at Haydock last time under a rider having just her second ride under rules. He has an entry at Pontefract on Wednesday in a veteran's handicap and can put up a bold show against age-appropriate rivals.

Under the radar: Jedd O'Keeffe

Mid-season is usually a good time to follow Jedd O'Keeffe's horses, with this year above his highest run-to-form percentage over the last five years. Operating at just under a 20% strike rate for the season, he has had plenty of horses go close recently and can have more success next week.

Theatro, a half-sister to the stable's smart Lord Yeats, didn't deliver much in minor events, but enjoyed a switch to handicap company when bolting up at the first time of asking by 12 lengths. She then went to Newcastle under a penalty a week later where she might have found the race coming too soon and finished well beaten. With a month's gap between that and her possible outing at Ripon on Tuesday, she can put her last run behind her and progress again despite a 12 lb rise - which could prove lenient given the second that day has come out and won twice. He also has Secret Identity entered at Ripon on Tuesday in her first handicap after catching the eye last time out at Beverley. She travelled noticeably well through the race before being shaken up and making no imprint on the leaders, giving the impression the step back up in trip to six furlongs will suit her and she could be well-handicapped off an opening mark of 64.