DANCE PARADE can stake her claim for a tilt at a big Royal Ascot prize with victory in the Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley this evening.

Trainer Paul Cole has a fine record in the two-year-old events at the Flat season's most prestigious fixture, including a hat-trick with Dilum, Fair Cop and Magic Ring five years ago.

Dance Parade created a very favourable impression with a successful debut at York last month.

And she gave her supporters few anxious moments in the race picking up smoothly to lead 200 yards from home and striding well clear without jockey Michael Kinane needing to get at all serious.

Dance Parade will have derived considerable benefit from the experience and is likely to produce a much-improved effort.

That should be more than enough to land this £15,000-added event before a crack at Royal Ascot.

Coureur and Equerry are the form choices for the Derby Week Handicap, both having finished a good second last time out.

Preference here is for Coureur who stuck to his task well when going down by just a head at Goodwood last month and will be well suited by this stiffer track.

Montone looks the best choice in the Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series Handicap for amateur riders at Warwick.

The gelding goes well for an amateur jockey and was second in similar events to this at Southwell and Lingfield before scoring over course and distance last month.

Panata can step up on a promising debut to land the Royal Anglian Regiment Median Auction Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Yarmouth.

Spread betting companies moved closer to establishing a unified set of rules with the formation of their own association yesterday.

A spread betting rule book is likely to be one of the first results of the Sports Spread Betting Association (SSBA),