4 meetings this evening

Plenty of racing this evening, with flat racung at Chepstow, Newmarket and York as well as a mixed meeting at Wexford in Ireland (3 flat races, 3 hurdles races and a bumper). There are maximum fields in all races at Wexford and the most interesting event is the 1 mile 5 furlongs maiden at 19.05 CET, which has attracted runners from top stables, notably Aidan O´Brien´s Honoria (Johnny Murtagh), who last ran in the Irish Oaks, and the Aga Khan´s Rayina (John Oxx/ Fran Berry). The 2yo maiden at Chepstow should mainly concern Stan´s Cool Cat (Paul Cole/ Chris Catlin) and Hay Fever (Eve Johnson Houghton/ Jim Crowley), both of whom have been runners-up in good company. At Newmarket´s traditional Friday evening meeting (followed by a pop concert) the best race is the conditions race over 1 1/2 miles at 21.10. Only 6 runners, but 3 of them are listed class at least - Godolphin´s Eastern Anthem (Frankie Dettori), out of their German-bred classic winner Kazzia, another German-bvred Tempelstern (Henry Cecil/ Ted Durcan) and John Dunlop´ s Munsef (Jimmy Fortune). Best race this evening is the 10 furlongs listed event for fillies and mares at York, in which CD specialist Flying Clarets (Richard Fahey/ Paul Hanagan) attempts to follow up her recent succes in the valuable John Smith´s Cup here and must face, among others, Sir Mark Prescott´ s Soft Morning (Seb Sanders) and Barry Hill´s 3yo Sugar Mint (Alan Munro), runner-up in the Cheshire Oaks but well beaten in the Oaks itself.