Sunday Racing Tips: Key Timeform data including a 16/5 Horse In Focus at Thurles

• Castanea Breeze can enhance trainer's fine course record

• Highlands Legacy has taken well to chasing

• Rising Dust hasn't reached his limit for new stable

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Fakenham, 13:00 - In-form Castanea Breeze can give another good account

No trainer has had more winners at Fakenham since the start of the 2020/21 jumps season than Lucy Wadham who has been successful with 24 of her 80 runners at the course at an impressive strike rate of 30%.

Such a record at Fakenham means that Wadham's runners are always entitled to plenty of respect and she has a strong chance in the staying handicap hurdle (13:00) with Castanea Breeze, who narrowly tops Timeform's weight-adjusted ratings.

Castanea Breeze was upped in trip and fitted with cheekpieces on his handicap debut at Market Rasen and improved on his previous efforts over hurdles to get off the mark. He then took another step forward on Timeform's figures, despite meeting with defeat, when finding only a similarly unexposed sort too strong and pulling clear of the rest at Wetherby last time. He is going the right way and should give another good account. 

Windsor, 13:50 - Improving Highlands Legacy has more to offer

Highlands Legacy immediately improved on his hurdling efforts when making a successful start over fences at Worcester in October, doing well to reel in a well-handicapped rival despite conceding first run.

Highlands Legacy has had to settle for second on his last couple of starts, but he was unlucky to bump into Mambonumberfive, a subsequent Grade 2 winner, at Aintree and also ran well when behind Mighty Bandit at Newbury last time.

He was caught a bit flat-footed after an untidy jump at the second last and was unable to get on terms with Mighty Bandit, but he probably would have appreciated a stronger gallop to chase at Newbury and still has the Timeform 'small p' to show that he's excpected to carry on improving after only three starts over fences. 

Thurles, 14:50 - 'Horse In Focus' Rising Dust can carry on progressing 

Rising Dust has thrived since joining Emmet Mullins and has won four of his six starts for the yard, mixing up chasing and hurdling to good effect.

His sole disappointing effort for the stable came on testing ground at Clonmel when he was bidding to complete a hat-trick in handicap hurdles, but he has appreciated the better ground at Thurles the last twice and won a couple of handicap chases with something to spare.

He cosily won over two and three-quarter miles in November, and then defied a 15 lb rise in the weights in a three-mile-one-furlong event last month, impressing with how he powered eight lengths clear up the run-in. That effort earned him the Horse In Focus Flag from Timeform's reporter to mark him out as one likely to remain of interest, and he also still has the Timeform 'small p'. 

He has been raised another 15 lb and faces a sharper test over this shorter trip, but he should have conditions in his favour and can progress again to extend his superb start for the stable.

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