Thursday, August 14, 2008

Great Leighs, Stratford and Tramore this evening

There is all-weather racing this evening at Great Leighs, N.H. racing at Stratford and a mixed meetimg at Tramore (Ireland), which has 4 flat races and 3 over jumps. Ex-German Gladiole (Ger Cully/ Robbie Cleary) has a chance of taking the 1 1/2 miles flat handicap at 19.15 CET, while Clear Gold (Willie Mullins/ Ruby Walsh) looks the best jumps bet in the handicap chase at 20.15. At Stratford, consistent Santera (Andrew Hales/ Wayne Kennedy) who goes well on the soft, looks a place banker in the handicap hurdle at 20.10, but 3 miles on this ground could prove too far for German-bred Salinas (Milton Harris/ Dave Crosse) in the following handicap chase. At Great Leighs, Sir Mark Prescott and Seb Sanders can combine to win the 1 3/4 miles handicap at 19.30 with General Ting and the mile handicap half an hour later with My Mentor.