all-weather action at Lingfield and Wolverhampton

all-weather racing this afternoon at Lingfield and this evening at Wolverhampton. At Lingfield Jon Akehurst´s Azygous is an interesting runner in the 5 furlongs handicap at 17.05 CET. He has been generally inconsistent, but all 3 of his career wins (including 2 CD) have been with Alan Munro in the saddle, who is reunited with him today. The 6 furlongs for maidens at 16.35 could be quite informative. Andy Turnell (wo probably has better chances over jumps today) saddles Interactive (Alan Daly), a good runner-up this CD last time, but he may have to give best to some unexposed 3yo´s, in particular Ralph Beckett´s Spin Again (Seb Sanders), a good fourth at Goodwood on his only start so far, and the two well-bred newcomers Yamal (Mark Johnston/ Joe Fanning) and Elzain (Mick Channon/ Chris Catlin). Surprisingly the racing is of much better quality at Wolverhampton´s evening meeting, where the featured evet is the class 2 handicap over 7 furlongs at 22.20, worth almost 10,000 GBP to the winner. This prize could go to top-weight Party Boss (Clive Brittain/ Seb Sanders); he was out of form in the second haslf 2008, but his spring form from last year gives him an excellent chance in this company. Galantry (Derek Shaw/ Tolley Dean), runner-up now three times running, looks the main danger. The class 3 handicap handicap for 3yo´s over 9 1/2 furlongs at 21.20 looks a facsinating event, as all 5 runners are last-time-out winnes who look capable of serious improvement. Perhaps top-weight Al Samha (Mark Johnston/ Greg Fairley), who scored here in good style 19 days ago, is the likeliest candidate but all the others mst be respected and the winner will have to be useful. There are also some potentially useful performers in the race for 3yo maiden fillies at 20.50, including Michael Bell´s Oaks entry Dancing Abbie (Hayley Turner), 3rd of 13 on her only start so far.