A glimpse of the trial sheets for Thursday and Friday at Towcester provides an indication of the strength of the track when it returns to racing at the end of next week writes Floyd Amphlett.

Multiple champion trainer Mark Wallis is joined by some of the most successful open race kennels of recent years including Hayley Keightley, Matt Dartnall, Kevin Boon and Ernie Gaskin. Simon Harms makes the switch from Swindon, Richard Devenish had agreed terms to join before lockdown, plus the anticipated defections from Henlow.

With the kennels come the stars and some of the biggest names on the open race circuit are scheduled to tackle the new circuit. There could be the start of a decent S1: Antigua Fire, Roxholme Poppy, Sparta Master, Sheldan, Bumblebee Bullet, Roman Empire. .

Oh year, Towcester is back alright!