Folkestone, Hamilton and Newton Abbot

with three meetings already called off, we are left with only low-level racing this afternoon at Hamilton and this evening at Folkestone and Newton Abbot (N.H.). The best race of the day is now the class 3 handicap over 9 furlongs at 17.15 CET at Hamilton - but the course has first to pass an early morning inspection. If the race goes ahead, there are 13 declared runners and it looks a wide open event, with most of the runners in good form. Top-weight El Dececy (Steve Parr/ Krish Gundowry), German-bred Wind Shuffle (Jim Goldie/ Daniel Tudhope), winner of 4 of his last 5 races including twice here, and Zabeel Tower (Dick Allan/ Tony Hamilton), winner of 5 races already this year, all appear now to be handicapped up to the hilt, so preference could be for Jim Goldie´s other runner Regent´s Secret (Nicky Mackay), a winner twice over hurdles last month, but extremely well handicapped on the flat. At Folkestone, the most interesting event is the class 4 handicap for 3yo´s over 7 f urlongs at 19.55. Henry Cecil´s progressive Portadora (Ian Mongan) is the likely favourite here, but top-weight Divine Power (Ralph Beckett/ James Doyle) and improving Benedetto (Amanda Perrett/ Darryll Holland) provide tough opposition. At Newton Abbot, there are only 4 rnners in the class 3 novice chase at 19.40, where Paul Nicholls´ Roby de Cimbre (Sam Thomas) should be able to concede the weight to Dai Burchell´s last-time-out winner Pipers Legend (Christian Williams). The novice hurdle at 20.10 should lie between the two penalised runners, Option Money (Tim Vaughan/ Richard Johnson), who scored by 23 lengths here last time, and Rising Force (John Spearing/ Liam Treadwell), an 8 lengths winner last time, but Tony McCoy´s mount Bolton Hall (Keith Goldsworthy) could be dangerous in receipt of weight after finishing placed on both his starts