Thursday, July 17, 2008

This evening at Bath, Doncaster and Sandown

Most interesting race at this evening´s 3 flat meetings is the 6 furlongs novice stakes for 2yo´s at 20.05 CET at Doncaster, where no fewer than 5 of the 8 runners are still unbeaten. Whoever wins this has to be quite useful, and Queen of Thebes (Gary Moore/ William Buick) and Prize Point (Kevin Ryan/ Richard Mullen) seem the most likely candidates. The class 3 fillies handicap over 7 furlongs at 21.10 is wide open: consistent Cha Cha Cha (Kevin Ryan/ Neil Callan), lightly raced Persian Sea (Michael Jarvis/ Philip Robinson) and Just Like a Woman (Michael Bell/ Hayley Turner), runner-up her last 3 races, look a likely trio. At Sandown the card is relatively weak for the course, and the mile handicap for 3yo´s at 20.15 is the most interesting event. It is wode open too with all 12 runners holding some sort of chance. Jeremy Noseda´s stable has ben out of form, but it will still be no surprise if The Which Doctor (Tom Queally) proves good enough; otherwise Serious Choice (John Boyle/ Ryan Moore), Storm Sir (Brian Meehan/ Richard Hughes) and Sacrilege (David Elsworth/ Martin Dwyer) are the three for the short list. At Bath, German-bred Misaro can score for the fourth time in his last 5 outings by defying top-weight in the 6 furlongs hanmdicap at 20.25. However it should not be overlooked that Bahamian Ballet (Ed McMahon/ Greg Fairley) meets him on 12 lbs better terms for a half length beating earlier at Salisbury, while the 9yo grey Pic Up Sticks (Brendan Powell/ Richard Kingscote) has dropped to a very favourable handicap mark. Yamal (Mark Johnston/ Greg Fairley) and Heaven (Peter Makin/ Darryll Holland) are two 3yo´s that can continue their winning run despite a high weight at 20.55 and 22.00 respectively.