SILVER GROOM, trained by handicap master Reg Akehurst, is napped to land the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy (Handicap) at Sandown this afternoon.

Silver Groom has given his all season after season and the handicapper knows all about him. But he has still crept into this £90,000 contest a pound above the minimum weight on 7st 11lb, a weight which gives him every chance of adding to his impressive haul of winning starts.