Yarmouth and Windsor

Flat racing on turf todaycomes from Yarmouth (afternoon) and Windsor (evening), and Yarmouth, who have come into strong criticism for their low prize-money, have a slightly better card this time. Certainly the 6 furlongs handicap at 16.30 CET is a valuable race for the track. Cape (Paul Howling/ Jamie Spencer) came from a long way back to brat a large field at Doncaster, is the likely favourite here, but Blue Tomato (David Nicholls/ Silvestre de Souza) is dangerous on his favoured fast ground. The question mark here is Marco Botti´s Orpenindeed (Kirsty Milczarek), wh had quite decent form in Italy, but is racing for the first time on turf in Britain; his previous British starts have all been on the all-weather at Lingfield and it is possible that he has been underestimated by the handicapper. Top Seed looks the best bet of the afternoon in the class 6 handicap over 11 1/2 furlongs at 18.00; previously much better than this grade, he showed something like his old form when slamming a large field at Bath last week and this race appears to be no better, so his 6 lbs penalty should not stop him scoring again. At Windsor it could be significant that Frankie Dettori takes the ride on Jeremy Noseda´s Checklow in thje 10 furlong mnaiden for 3yo´s at 20.40. The colt holds a Derby engagement and made an excellent debut at Newmarket 12 days ago. The damnger could be the Queen´s Drum Major (Sir Michael Stoute/ Ryan Moore), a beautifully-bred son of Sadlers Wells. It will be interesing to see if the owner makes the short trip from Windsor Castle to see her colt run. Roger Charlton´s Colorado Blue (Steve Drowne) has also shown promise and looks next best.