Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Kempton and Yarmouth this evening

The most interesting race at Kempton´s all-weather meeting this evening is the mile maiden at 21.20 CET, in which Jeremy Noseda´s pair Blow Hole (Shane Kelly) and Once a Gulch (Seb Sanders) have the best public form, bt there are some well-bred newcomers to consider, for example Godolphin´s Act of Diplomacy, who cost a cool $ 8.2 million as a yearling. Marcus Tregoning has entered three in the race, including Mawatheeq (Richard Hills), who is closely related to Nashwan, Nayef and other stars. The handicap over the same distance half an hour later looks quite tricky, although Ebn Malk (Michael Jarvis/ Philip Robinson) and Hilbre Court (Brian Meehan/ Alan Munro) are two with obvious claims. At Yarmouth there are two class 5 handicaps; Christine Dunnett always does well here and Norcroft (John Egan) looks the better of her two runners in the 6 furlongs race at 20.05, while Marcus Tregoning has another interesting runner here in the shape of hat-trick seeking Askal Tau (Richard Mullern), who can take the 1 3/4 miles race at 21.05.