Nottingham and Catterick today

Flat racin this afternoon in the U.K. from Nottingham and Catterick and easily the better card at the former ciurse, with some very open races to make things tough for jackpot hunters. Even with only 4 runners, the main event, a class 3 conditions race for 3yo´s, is not that straightforwatrd, even though Jamie Spenser´s mount Curtain Call, having his first race for Lica Cumani, has a big advantage according to the ratings. Trained last year in nIreland, he is currently second favourite for the Derby and is a smart prospect, but has to dfeat two very easy last-time-out winners in Bold Choice (Michael Jarvis/ Philip Robinson) and Drill Sergeant (Mark Johnston/ Joe Fanning); true, they dd not have much to beat, but both looked very impressive. The handicaps all look very tricky. Puy d´Arnac (Alan Swinbank/ P.J.McDonald) is going for hat-trick in the opening 1 3/4 miles race at 15.20), but all-weather specialist Millville (Jarvis/ Robinson) is very leniently handicapped on turf and could be a big threat. Sir Michael Stoute´s Cabinet (Ryan Moore) is a lightlxy-raced 4yo, who is expected to go on to better things; he runs in the 10 furlongs race at 15.55, but may just be in need of the race, so Eradicate (Johnston/Fanning) could profit from his fitness advantage. Take note of that old campaigner Cape Royal (Kevin Ghunova) in the 5 furlongs handicap at 17.05, now that trainer Milton Harris seems to be coming back to form; he had his first winner for 8 months yesterday. At Catterick, the main feature is also a 4 horse 3yo race, this time over 1 1/2 miles. It looks to be a match between Mark Johnston´s Planetarium (Robert Winston), runner up to the smart Twice Over last November, and Ed Dunlop´s Mischief Making (Tom McLaughlin), who has now won twice on the all-weather and could be very dangerous in receipt of 11 lbs.