NORDIC Prince has been a revelation this season and can register his fifth win of the campaign in the Martin Talbot Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase at Haydock Park tomorrow.

The nine-year-old had lost his way until his trainer John O'Shea produced a masterstroke in dropping him into a selling chase at Southwell.

It gave Nordic Prince the confidence booster he needed for he has followed up in better class events back at Southwell, Bangor and at Stratford last Thursday.

And the manner of his 10-length success over Master Of Illusion for hisfour-timer suggests that he his winning ways are far from over.

Prince Among Men looks a winner for champion trainer Martin Pipe in the Newton Le Willows Police Juvenile Novices' Hurdle.

A fair performer on the Flat he has won two of his three starts over timber - at Worcester and Ludlow - and was runner-up in the other.

He can make his experience count in this contest.

John Upson can saddle Bowles Patrol do the business in the Racehorse Memorabilia Handicap Hurdle at Towcester.

Bowles Patrol unseated his 7lb conditional rider Chris Honour at the third flight at Market Rasen last month but they put in a clear round when seven lengths third of 15 finishers behind Course Doctor at the Merseyside track a week later.

The eight-year-old grey is a consistent sort and will find two miles five furlongs on this testing track right up his street.

Pipe can strike at both meetings with Amitge looking good in the Book Now For Boxing Day Selling Hurdle.

The Nicholashayne trainer had to go to 6,500 guineas to buy back the six-year-old after she won a Fontwell seller in August.

A winner over the bigger obstacles as well, the six-year-old mare is likely to attract plenty of interest at the subsequent auction should she score again.