Few players at Manchester United or Arsenal would be prepared to play for Accrington Stanley just to get their names on the scoreboard, but Perugino Bay takes a drop in class of equal proportions today and can land the Claro Conditions Stakes at Ripon.

In running a close-up 12th of 17 in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York under a fortnight ago, he was far from disgraced at 100 to 1, comfortably finishing in front of fellow juvenile Speedy James, who is reckoned by Jack Berry to be a very useful performer.

Before that he was a good fourth in the Group Three Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood - a track that would probably not have suited him.

And on that level of form he would take a deal of beating in a race that looks perfectly framed for Bryan McMahon's charge.

The Tote Trifecta Handicap has cut up rather disappointingly from 22 entries to just eight runners, especially given the good prizemoney on offer, but connections of Pension Fund must be rubbing their hands.

A solid third behind Rokeby Bowl and Jaazim at York's Ebor meeting, a run that proved Mick Easterby's charge to be as good as ever and the handicapper has raised him just 1lb for it.

If Yeast is allowed to bowl along at the head of affairs there should be a suitably strong pace off which Pension Fund can be produced to land the spoils.