Friday, August 22, 2008

Bath, Hamilton and Kilbeggan this evening

compared to the afternoon racing at Newbury and Newmarket, this evening´s offerings at Bath and Hamilton, as well as Kilbeggan in Ireland, are all very uninspiring. At the last-nemed meeting it will be an all-hurdles card, and two ex-German runners could go well, Simone Boccanegra in the 2 3/4 mile handicap at 19.15 CET and Orangoe Touch in the handicap at 20.45. At Bath, the class 5 handicap for 3yo´s over 1 mile 5 furlongs at 20.00 is the best race; Dubai Petal (Stan Moore/ Luke Morris) has the best form, but the unexposed maidens Capstan (Luca Cumani/ Dane O´Neill), Look to this Day (Roger Charlton/ Hayley Turner) and Abstract Colours (Andrew Balding/David Probert) could all be dangerous. At Hamilton, King´s College Boy (Richard Fahey/ Freddie Tylicki), who is very consistent and ran third yesterday at Chester, should not be missed if he turns out again for the 5 furlongs handicap at 19.20; if he is a non-runner, then By the Edge (David Barron/ Dean Heslop) looks the likel y winner