All-weather action at Lingfield and Wolverhampton

In the current cold spell all-weather racing is likely to be more and more important, but today´s two meetings are very modest and all races at both Lingfield and Wolverhampton are either class 5 or 6. The 7 furlongs claiming race at 14.30 CET at Lingfield has arguably the classiest runners of the day; Desert Dreamer (Tom Dascombe/ Richard Kingscote), Makshoof (Kevin Ryan/ Darryll Holland) and Electric Warrior (Karl Burke/ Jim Crowley) stand out on ratings, and it would be surprising if they do not fight out the finish. Dascombe has his team in great form (3 winners yesterday) and his charge has to be the selection. Darwin´s Dream (Paul Cole/ Nelson de Souza) is an interesting German-bred runner in the mile maiden for 2yo´s at 15.00, although December Draw (William Knight/ Shane Kelly) looks hard to beat here after his good debut 23 days ago at Great Leighs, and another German-bred with possibilities is Napoletano (Simon Dow/ Nicky Mackay) in the mile handicap at 15.30. At Wo lverhampton, Luca Cumani´s well- bred Annabelle´s Charm (Dane O´Neill) is expected to win the maiden race at 16,40 but will probably start at a very short price. Course specialist My Mirasol (Don Cantillon/ Simon Walker) can take the amateur riders handicap at 15.10, while Irish-trained Spiritina (Noel Lawlor/ Rory Cleary), an easy winner over 7 furlongs here on Saturday, can complete a quick double in the 6 furlongs handicap at 17.40, where Michael Wigham´s pair Sendreni (Toby Atkinson) and River Kirov (Chris Catlin) look the main dangers.