q TODAY'S card at Hamilton looks rather tricky, nothing new there, you may well say, but when the going changes considerably than of late it is usually just the odds layers who benefit, writes Chris Russell.

However, the ground was not too firm when Peter Calver's Dispol Clan ran well last time out and the Hamilton finishing hill may suit him well.

Six-furlong handicaps are hard enough, but when you add amateur riders to this scenario, the word, nightmare, springs to mind. However, Emma Ramsden's mount Forest Robin may be the answer.