Hereford, Taunton and Kempton (a.w.)

Three meetings in the U.K. today but generally low-level sport. The most interesting race at the Kempton all-weather fixture is the mile event for 3yo maiden fillies at 16.30 CET, in which some well-bred fillies from top stables are engaged, notably Bishaara (John Gosden/ Robert Havlin), the first runner in weeks from the powerful Gosden stable and a promising fourth last July on her only start so far, and Renata Jacobs´ Mosquera Romance (Marco Botti/ John Egan), who also made a positive impression on her only start so far, this time 3 weeks ago at Wolverhampton. From the German point of view, there will be interest in the performance of Barney Curley´s two ex-Schlenderhan runners Sommersturm, in the 1 1/2 mile handicap at 16.00 and Aviso in the mile handicap an hour later, both with Tom Queally in the saddle. Both have been beaten out of sight on their British starts so far, but are now extremely leniently handicapped compared to their German ratings. Another ex-Ullman star who has been a big disappointent is Persian Storm (Gary and Jamie Moore), who runs in the novice hurdle at 15.50 at Taunton. The best betting race here is the handicap hurdle at 16.50, where top-weight Royal Rationale (David Pipe/ Tom Scudamore) has an obvious chance after his good second at Haydock last time. However our fancy is Overstrand (Dr. Newland/ Sam Jones), who was certainly not disgraced when 9th of 19 in the Imperial Cup last time and could run well at a big price. The ground is drying oujt rapidly and is expected to be fast at Hereford, where 10 line up for the main event, a staying handicap chase at 16.40. Top-weight Chiaro (Philip Hobbs/ Richard Johnson) is the best horse in the line-ip, but has not won for ages and has never yet run beyond 3 miles; if he gets the extra 7 furlongs now, he should be in with a good chance, but we prefer Chabrimal Minster (Richard Ford/ Timmy Murphy), who after two poor efforts on bad ground should be better suited by today´s go ing and distance.