Kempton, Killarney and Leopardstown this evening

There are two eening meetinsg in Ireland, Killarney (the third day of their July meeting, with 3 flat races, 3 N.H. and one bumper) and Leopardstown, as well as from the London all-weather track at Kempton, where unusually a trotting race is also on the card. At Kempton, the mile handicap at 20.50 CET looks very open with a maximum field of 14 runners; the German-breds Napoletano (Simon Dow/ Neil Callan) and Kaballero (Steve Gollins/ Jamie Jones) are both last-time-out winners and could be in the shake-up again. Another ex-German horse, Green Mile (Robbie Colgan), can score for trainer Tony Martin in the handicap hurdle at 19.45 at KIllarney; the trainer has done very well with his German imports, e.g. Arc Bleu. The 1 3/4 miles maiden at 20.15 is a flat race but is contested by several N.H. horses, notably Jessica Harrington´s Dreamy Gent (Andrew Leigh), who has 4 hurdles wins and a chase win on his CV. Hottest favourite at Kilarney will almost certainly be Eoin Grifin´s Up to the Hilt in the lasdies INH flat race at 21.45, who not only has the best form but is also ridden by the most successful lady jockey Nina Carberry. Her brother Paul incidentally has been stood down for 3 weeks following a naty fall here yesterday, which left him concussed. The best racing this evening takes place at Leopardstow, there the main feature is a 7 furlongs Group Three race for 2yo fillies. David Wachman has his string in good form and saddles 2 of the 6 runners, the better of which is undoubtedly Chintz (Johnny Murtagh). However she has two tough opponents in Aaroness (Jim Bolger/ Kevin Manning) and Luminous Eyes (Dermot Weld/ Pat Smullen), both of whom won their maidens by 5 lengths last time out. The Weld/ Smullen team also has good prospects of landing the main supporting feature, a listed race over 1 3/4 miles at 22.00, with Profound Beauty, but battle-hardened German-bred Peppertree Lane (Mark Johnston/ Joe Fanning), third to Septimus last time in the Curragh Cup, can take this despite his huge weight.