All-weather racing at Lingfield and Kempton

once again, the all-weather tracks are keeping the show going, and there are two afternoon meetings today, Lingfield and Kempton (switched from the evening). At Lingfield, the well-bred Prairie Hawk (Tim Vaughan/ Tom Eaves) seems certain to start a hot favourite for the 2 miles handicap at 15.10CET after a very easy win at Wolverhampton on Saturday over two furlongs shorter, for which he must carry only a fixed penalty of 6 lbs. German-bred Safin (Roger Curtis/ Graham Gibbons) stays well and should run into a place. Another german-bred with chances here is Artreju (Gary Moore/ Tom Queally) in the 10 furlongs handicap at 17.40. He has been very disappointing on his recent starts, but with the stable in great form and a new jockey now on board, he could correct that today. Dance and Dance (Eddie vaughan/ Jim Crowley) has been placed on bith his 2009 starts, so has an obvious chance in the 3yo maiden at 15.40, but Andrew Balding´s Cloudesley (Martin Dwyer) hinted at ability las t year and may be a better bet at the likely odds. Karl Burke and his jockey Darren Williams are in hoit water again, but could have some relief with the consistent Electric Warrior in the mile claimer at 16.10, who appears to have only Teasing (Jeff Pearce/ Robert Havlin) to beat. At Kempton also, the claimer (over 7 furlons at 15.35) has only 5 runners, and despite top-weight this should go to Jake the Snake (Tony Carroll/ Amy Baker), whose latest form has been well boosted. The 1 1/2 mile handicap at 16.35 is the best betting race here. Dishdasha (Alison Thorpe/ Shane Kelly) is in great form and is one for the short list, as is Sheer Fantastic (Pat Haslam/ Patrick Donaghy), but we fancy that Andrew Balding might complete an across-the-card double here with the German-bred 9yo Corriolanus, who used to be much better than this and for whom the promising apprentice Richard Rowe has been booked. The 3yo handicap over 6 furlongs at 17.05 looks between Kheley (;ark Brisbourne/ Liam Jones), winner of 3 of her 4 starts this year, including this CD, and Princess Cagliari (Richard Hannon/ Pat Dobbs), who has been runner-up three times running, including twice in a photo-finish, and deserves a change of luck,.