Bank Holiday Monday

Today is a bank holiday in the U.K. and Ireland, which means plenty of low-level racing this afternoon and no evening racing. Possibly the best race in the U.K. is the 3yo mile handicap at 16.55 CET at Windsor. The 12 runners include 7 seasonal debutants won their final race in 2008, several of whom can be expected to prove much better than this grade, notably Desert Creek (Sir Michael Stoute/ Ryan Moore), Emirates Roadshow (Saeed bin Suroor/ Ahmed Ajtebi) and Hail Promenade (Barry and William Buick). The main events at Warwick and Newcastle are also handicaps for 3yo´s, which could go to Green Molly (Barry and Michael Hills) and Tiger Reigns (Michael Dods/ Phillip Makin) at 16.40 and 18.15 respectively. Beverley´s best race is the 10 furlongs handicap at 15.50; 13yo Will He Wish deserves to win this, having now been runner-up 4 times running, but Fujin Dancer (Richard Fahey/ Paul Hanagan), who has not run on the flat since July but has been in good form over hurdles, is our selection. On the all-weather at Kempton the top race is again a 3yo mile handicap at 17.30 and the interesting one here is Jeremy Noseda´s Forgotten Voice (Shane Kelly), who made a good comeback after 18 months off the track to win over this CD last time out and can maintain his unbeaten record today.