Fontwell and Lingfield

There are now only two meetings his afternoon in the U.K., a N.H. card at Fontwell and flat racing from Lingfield, where the first 4 races will be run on turf and the last 3 on the all-weather. Most interesting races there are the two divisions of a 10 furlongs maiden race for fillies and mares. The first division at 14.50 CET looks booked for John Dunlop´s Elmeheela (Richard Hills), who can continue the good run of owner Hamdan al Maktoum, but the seond division, half an hour later, looks much more open. Sayyedati Symphony (Clive Brittain/ Darryll Holland) is, as her name suggests, a daughter of the great Sayyedati (1,000 Guineas, Sussex Stakes etc), although she has a long way to go to reach her dam´s level of ability; she was beaten out of sight last time in the Musidora and whil this is clearly much easier, she still faces a stiff task. Desert Chill (Saeed bin Suroor/ Kerrin McEvoy) has run well on all 3 career starts and looks a certain future winner, while Jeremy Noseda´s Full Marks (Shane Kelly) and Sir Michael Stoute´s well-bred Winners Chant (Ryan Moore) must also be taken seriously. It is possible that Frankie Dettori, due to ride at Nottingham, will now be switched to Lingfield and replace McEvoy. At Fontwell, the best race on the card should be the class 4 novice hurdle over 2 1/4 miles at 16.00. Paul Nicholls´ Qrackers (Tony McCoy) was a very easy winner over this CD 10 days ago but is now burdened with a double penalty of 14 lbs and may not be able to concede the weight to Sam Lord (Alan King/ Robert Thornton), while last-time-oiut winners Nothing is Foirever (Luke Corcoran/ Noel Fehily) and Sharp Dresser (VenetiaWilliams/ Aidan Coleman) also merit consideration.