Best bets for today's racing from our Starform expert Jon Lees

ROYAL VELVET (3.00, nb) can provide the class in the fillies' handicap at Newmarket when the Cambridgeshire meeting opens today.

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The selection has excelled at festival fixtures, winning at Newmarket's July meeting and last time out at York's Ebor meeting.

She has disappointed on occasion previously but hit a new peak on the Knavesmire in August when she made smooth progress from the rear to take up the running 1f out and beat a large field by length.