Catterick, Kempton (a.w.) and Newmarket this evening

most of the racing at this evening´s 3 flat meetings is very uninspiring, but one event does stand out - the class 2 conditions race over 10 furlongs at 20.25 CET at Newmarket. The problem here that few of them have shown much form - or even run -this year, for example Godolphin´s two entries With Interest (Frankie Dettori) and Imperial Star (Ted Durcan), neither of whom run since the Dubai Winter Carnival. With Interest has won 4 of his 5 career starts, while Imperial Star is a half-brother to Derby winner Motivator, but with the Godolphin stable form still poor, preference is for Roger Charlton`s Blue Monday (Steve Drowne), who has not been seen on a racecourse since finishing 7th of 21 in last November´s Melbourne Cup; he was trained in Australia last year, but was a group race winner in England in 2006. The only runner with good recent form is Mark Johnston´s Drumbeat (Darryll Holland), who has been placed in all 3 starts this year and is now moving up in distance, perhap s he can make his fitness advantage tell. Best race at Kempton´s all-weather track is the mile handicap at 21.25. Visions of Johanna (Jeremy Noseda/ Richard Hughes), all-weather specialist Bomber Command (John and Patrick Hills), and Russki (David Simcock/ Richard Mullen), now with the blinkers back on, are three possibles here, but with the Andrew Balding and William Jarvis stables in great form, their runners Irony (Davd Probert) and Killena Boy (Ryan Moore) cannot be left out nof calculations. Most interesting event at Catterick is the 1 1/2 mile maiden at 19.45, in which Roger Charlton´s Dazzling Light (Paul Mulrennan), placed on all career starts so far, can defeat Sir Michael Stoute´s City Stable (Robert Winston), who showed promise as a juvenile last year, but was very disappointing on his only start this year.