CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL winner Mister McGoldrick will be guest of honour at Middleham's Open Day next Friday, a popular day that counties to grow and grow.

The day will be officially opened by Alastair Down, making good money for charity like last year in which £18,000 was raised for local and national charities.

This year two main charities to benefit will be the Jessica Bethell Charitable Foundation, in memory of the daughter of James Bethell, the chairman of the Middleham Trainers' Association, and The Household Cavlry Foundation.

William Hague, Conservative MP for Richmond and the Foreign Secretary, said: “Middleham is a tremendous success story and fully deserves its reputation as the finest racing centre in the north of England. We have some phenomenally successful trainers and it is wonderful that they open their yards to so many people. This is a very special day in the racing year."

Tickets cost £10 per adult, including a souvenir brochure and a chance to win a prize in the programme draw. Admission for accompanied children is free.

The yards are open to the public on Good Friday from 9.30am till either 1.00pm or 2.30pm. Free parking is available in Middleham or nearby Leyburn, with free bus links between car parks and the outlying stables. This includes Ann and George Duffield, who are opening their successful Sun Hill Stables at Constable Burton from 12 noon until 4pm.

Tomorrow sees the return of the flat season at Doncaster, with the Betway Lincoln being the highlight on the card.

Bedale based jockey Graham Lee has came in for the ride on the favourite Mange All.

Lee had a 20 per cent strike-rate for trainer William Haggas last season and the pair teamed up to win the Listed Braveheart Stakes at Hamilton with Dare To Achieve.

Haggas, who has won the Lincoln three times with High Low (1992) Very Wise (2007) and Penitent (2010), said on Tuesday morning: "We are happy with Mange All going into the race and Graham Lee has been booked to ride him."

Owned by Haggas's father Brian, Mange All has won two of his seven starts.

Over in Dubai it's World Cup night and The Grey Gatsby looks the land the main prize for Thirsk handler Kevin Ryan.

The Grey Gatsby has not raced since Leopardstown in September when he overturned the hot favourite and dual Derby winner Australia in the Irish Champion, but the lack of run is not a concern for his trainer.

Ryan said: "I'm not worried about him not having had a prep race as he's not difficult to prepare and he's a horse that runs well fresh."

Ryan Moore has won on three of the four occasions he partnered the horse and his feedback has evidently influenced The Grey Gatsby's handler.

Ryan said: "We nominated him for both the mile-and-a-half Sheema Classic and this race, but Ryan felt the shorter trip here (nine furlongs) would suit him better. He's a very fast horse and needs an end-to-end gallop, which he should get here. It's a very competitive race, but our horse is in good shape. I'm not too worried about the trip, he has lots of speed."

Elaborating on his training regime this week, Ryan said: "He went on the grass yesterday and the Tapeta today, and he was more relaxed this morning. It's only a case of him stretching his legs really.

"He got better and stronger as the season went on last year and, over the winter, he's matured again. It's always a worry when you are travelling, but he seems to have taken it all well.

"It's all there on his CV. He was always competitive and he ran against the best around, with his last win being his best.

"Saturday's race will be very competitive but there's not much point in worrying about the opposition - I only train one horse in the race and I'm very happy that our horse is in really good shape."