SATURDAY'S SELECTIONS:

DONCASTER: 11.55 Slugger O'Toole, 12.25 Beat Tobouggie, 1.00 Compton Way, 1.35 Walvis Bay, 2.05 Cartoon, 2.40 ICELANDIC (NAP), 3.15 Salden Licht, 3.45 Garnica.

DOWN ROYAL: 12.55 Carrigmartin, 1.30 Aladdins Cave, 2.00 King Rama, 2.30 Notre Pere, 3.00 Forpadydeplasterer, 3.30 Son Of Mary, 4.00 Killary Bay.

DUNDALK: 6.30 One Set, 7.00 Red Humour, 7.30 Maybe Grace, 8.00 Indian St Jovite, 8.30 Qadar, 9.00 Windsor Palace, 9.25 Dactik.

KELSO: 12.15 Milans Man, 12.50 Merrion Tiger, 1.25 Fiftyfive Degrees, 1.55 Telegonus, 2.25 Palomar, 3.00 Bob's Dream, 3.35 Sotovik, 4.05 Tarkani.

SANDOWN: 12.30 Scots Dragoon, 1.05 Crack Away Jack, 1.40 Space Telescope, 2.10 Calusa Caldera, 2.45 Akram, 3.20 Snakebite, 3.50 Master Of The Hall.

SANTA ANITA: 6.45 Pounced, 7.23 Lord Shanakill, 8.10 GAYEGO (NAP), 8.49 Alfred Nobel, 9.28 Goldikova, 10.12 Mastercraftsman, 10.57 Conduit, 11.45 Zenyatta.

WINCANTON: 12.40 Pepe Simo, 1.15 Stoway, 1.45 Pepite De Soleil, 2.15 Whiteoak, 2.50 Bakbenscher, 3.25 The Tother One, 4.00 Robain.

Double: Cartoon and Icelandic.

The totesport.com November Handicap at Doncaster has a habit of throwing up a shock and James Eustace's Salden Licht can be the latest big-price winner to get his name on the roll of honour.

Only Malt Or Mash two years ago won with a starting price less than 10/1 in recent years, during which time there have been 50/1 and 25/1 scorers.

Due to its position on the calendar, this race is invariably run on soft ground, which probably has something to do with its propensity to throw up a shock.

But those conditions will not hamper Salden Licht, who needs a good bit of give to be seen at his best.

Admittedly he needs to prove his stamina over the mile-and-three-quarter trip but he was staying on to great effect in his last race at Newbury over 10 furlongs.

He has another half a mile to go but for a horse who won a Listed race in France for Andre Fabre, the five-year-old gelding is undoubtedly well handicapped on a mark of 95.

A look back through the form of his first two runs for Eustace, in which he was placed behind a host of subsequent winners, and Salden Licht has a better chance than his big odds suggest.

Another horse who loves soft ground is Frank Sheridan's Icelandic.

The seven-year-old won the Best Odds Guaranteed At totesport.com Wentworth Stakes 12 months ago and looks primed for a repeat.

Despite being on the go throughout the summer, he very rarely got his favoured ground.

When he did, however, Icelandic was twice placed in Group Three company on his ventures to Ireland.

While they were meritorious runs, Listed races are his level and a bold bid is on the cards.

It looks significant Philip Robinson has picked the lightly-raced Cartoon above the more-experienced Hidden Brief in the totetentofollow.co.uk EBF Gillies Fillies' Stakes.

The Michael Jarvis-trained three-year-old won her only start this season at Windsor, beating none other than the much-vaunted Strawberrydaiquiri.

This looks a strong race for the grade, but Jarvis is ending the season in great form and, being by Danehill Dancer, the soft ground is not an issue for his filly.

Alan King's massive string are slowly beginning to hit form and Bakbenscher looks another to add to his tally in the totetentofollow Rising Stars Novices' Chase at Wincanton.

It may seem a stiff ask running in a Grade Two event on his fencing debut but this imposing six-year-old has always looked a chaser.

He is in receipt of weight from those who have already won over fences, which should negate any advantage they have over him with experience.

Bakbenscher also ran well for a long way in the Silver Trophy at Chepstow and should be monitored closely in Somerset.

The Badger Ales Trophy is a race Paul Nicholls loves to win and The Tother One can use the Listed affair as an ideal stepping stone towards the Hennessy.

A classy novice over hurdles - he twice finished third in Grade One company - the eight-year-old looked a natural over fences on his debut when beating Gone To Lunch at Exeter.

A fall on his next start ruled him out for the rest of last season but he could go all the way this year.

The headline horse at Sandown is undoubtedly Crack Away Jack, who takes his chance in the Mick Core 50th Birthday Beginners' Chase.

Rarely has a fencing debut been so eagerly awaited after Emma Lavelle's charge finished fourth in last season's Champion Hurdle.

If he takes to fences, the Arkle beckons.

Telegonus can follow up his September win at Uttoxeter in the Graeme Todd Haulage And Friends Handicap Hurdle at Kelso.

Moving to the Breeders' Cup and history can be made with the unbeaten Californian star Zenyatta taken to become the first mare to land the

$5million Classic at Santa Anita.

Only three fillies or mares have tested their mettle in the 10-furlong contest and each has endured abject failure.

None of those squared up to their male rivals for the first time with 13 straight victories to their name though, and Zenyatta is carrying the support of America on her ample shoulders.

John Shirreffs' five-year-old employed her usual hold-up tactics to swoop late off the bend last year in the Ladies' Classic and she has collected on all four of her outings on the Pro-Ride surface.

She faces some tough opponents, including Aidan O'Brien's Rip Van Winkle, but looked a picture when stretching her legs on the track on Thursday morning and can chalk up win number 14 in the shadow of the San Gabriel mountains.

Bob Baffert is talking as though Zensational has the Sprint already won, but the super-fast three-year-old can be picked off late on by Godolphin's Gayego.

The colt has been a different proposition since being transferred to Saeed bin Suroor this year and his Grade One win over the course-and-distance last month will have left him cherry ripe.

Sir Michael Stoute's Conduit blitzed his rivals with a killer burst of speed in the Turf last year and can repeat the dose under champion jockey Ryan Moore.

The chestnut has been gleaming under the early-morning sun this week and his turn of foot should prove too much for stablemate Spanish Moon and fellow British raider Dar Ri Me.

Goldikova has been on the slide since drawing 11 of 11 in the Mile, but Freddie Head's brilliant filly has more than a touch of class and is another defending champion who is fancied to follow up.

Fellow French filly Six Perfections defied stall 13 to score in this race here in California in 2003 and with Head predicting an improved performance, expect Goldikova to take her Group One-winning haul to seven.

You have to trawl back to 2003 to find Aidan O'Brien's last Breeders' Cup winner but team Ballydoyle can return to Ireland buoyed by the successes of Alfred Nobel and Mastercraftsman.

The latter could run below his Royal Ascot-winning form to still wipe the board in an average renewal of Dirt Mile and he stands out after proving his effectiveness on an artificial surface at Dundalk recently.

Alfred Nobel has been favourably compared by O'Brien to his 2001 juvenile winner Johannesburg and the Group One-winning individual appeals as an each-way play against Baffert's talented Lookin At Lucky.

Frankie Dettori and John Gosden teamed up to strike with Donativum in the Juvenile Turf in 2008 and they can pull off the same feat this time around with Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere runner-up Pounced.

Gosden revealed this week that the Breeders' Cup has been on the solidly-built two-year-old's agenda since his maiden win in August and the booking of Dettori on the tight turf track only increases confidence further.

The Turf Sprint is the one race on Breeders' Cup night without a serious European challenge but the former Karl Burke inmate Lord Shanakill has reportedly been thriving for new trainer Richard Mandella and has solid credentials.