All-weather action at Lingfield and Wolverhampton

After last week´s Royal Ascot highlughts, this week gets off to a very poor start with only all-weather racing this afternoon. The Wolverhampton card consists entirely of class 5 and 6 races and is instantly forgettable. Sir Mark Prescott has his strong in good form and can win the 2yo maiden here at 17.00 CET with Predict (Jean-Pierre Guillambert), runner-up on both his starts so far, while the 5 furlongs handicap for 3yo´s at 17.30 seems to lie between the top-weights Heaven (Peter Makin/ Tom Queally) and Chesgire Rose (David Barron/ Paul Fessey), beaten a nose last time out at Goodwood. Sir Mark can also get on the scoreboard at Lingfield, where the progressive Master of Arts (Seb Sanders) is favourite for the main feature, a class 3 mile handicap at 17.15. Unplaced in all 3 starts last term, Master of Arts is unbeaten in 3 starts this season and has rocketed up ther weights as a result, but can still defy the handicapper after a very easy win at Goodwood last time. The Snatcher (Richard Hannon/ Ryan Moore) looks the main danger. The 5 furlongs handicap at 17.45 looks quite oen and will run at a furious pace, with trailblazer Almaty Express (John Weymes/ Kevin Ghunowa) in the field. However he seems to reserve his best efforts for Wolverhampton, and may be swamped in the final furlong by top-weight Elhambri (Sylvester Kirk/ Richard Kingscote), who has running in better company, and Safari Mischef, who ran a great race last time to finish 3rd of 18 in the Epsom Dash on Derby Day. Another fancied runner cming out of better events is Count Ceprano (Mark Usher/ Gabriel Hannon), who carries top weight in the 7 furlongs handicap at 16.15. He was not disgraced last Friday when 15th of 28 at Royal Ascot and as he has an excellent CD record should outclass today´s opposition. The mile race for maiden fillies at 16.45 could also be interesting: Sir Michael Stoute´s Russian Empress (Ryan Moore) shaped like a certain future winner when only 9th on her debut, but the equally well-bred Godolphin newcomer Emirates Lady (Kerrin McEvoy) also merits close attention.