Rest of Epsom

The rest of the Epsom card is also extremely attractive with some very competitve races. The Group Three Princess Eizabeth Stakes for fillies and mares over an extended mile at ^5.40 CET could well go to France, as Jean-Claude Rouget´s Cicerole (Christophe Lemaire) is very consistent and her form looks better than that of the home division, who are headed by Baharah (Gerard Butler/ Eddie Ahern). The listed Woodcote Stakes over 6 furlongs at 15.10 is usually won by a smart 2yo. The unbeaten Able Master (Brian Smart/ Paul Mulrennan) is possibly the best horse in the race, but will not fund it easy to concede 5 lbs to Smokey Storm (Willie Jarvis/ Alan Munro) and Full of Nauture (Kevin Ryan/ Neil Callan). The handicaps all have big fields and look very difficult, especially the notorious "Dash" over 5 furlongs at 16.15. With 20 runners, luck will play a major part here. especially as the jockeys will all be scrambling for a position on the favoured stands rail. Horses drawn in sungle figures willbe at a disadvantage here, so that Hogmaneigh (Steve Williams/ Saleem Golam), last year´s winner and drawn 17, has an obvuous chance of repeating his 2007 success. The opening 10 furlogs handicap for 3yo´s could go to Ryan Moore´s mount Conduit, who looks a typical Sir Michael Stoute improver. The handicap for older horses over 1 1/2 miles at 17.45 is wide open, with several runners having been running over hurdles recently, such as Philip Hobbs´ Bureaucrat (Jamie Spencer), Gary Moore´s Wingman (Tadge O´Shea) and Venetia Williams´ Misty Dancer (William Buick), a course specialist who was runner-up here last year.