This may not be the most conventional handicapping angle, but it has worked before.

Beau Recall (6) won the Grade 2 Royal Heroine Stakes last month and rates as a contender in Saturday's eighth race, the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes. In addition, Carlos Santamaria, assistant trainer to Simon Callaghan, has a birthday today.

The Callaghan stable has a good record on this day. Last year, Run Away won a maiden race for 2-year-olds and later was a multiple stakes winner.