Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Bath and Kelso (N.H.)

There is also racing this afternoon at Bath and Kelso in Scotland. While Bath is not quite as tight as Chester, it is still a tricky track and course specialists have a big advantage. For this reason we expect oldtimer Siena Star (Stef Liddiard/ Micky Fenton) to run well in the 10 furlongs handicap at 16.45 CET, as he has shown good form here. The ex-Germans Artreju and Tyrana are now on very lenient marks and could run into the places; both finished 4th on the all-weather last time out. Another 11yo Nawamees (David and Richard Evans) has chances under top-weight in the 1 1/2 mile handicap at 17.20; German-bred Terminate (Ian Williams/ Tadg O´Shea) is also a possible for a place here. Another ex-German with prospects today is Solis (Peter Monteith/ Ryan Mania), who runs in the conditional jockeys novices handicap hurdle at 16.30 at Kelso; he has top-weight here, but the opposition is not strong and he showed his best form for a long time last time out. Ex-German Snake Charme r also has chances here in the main feature, a novice chase over 3 miles 1 furlong at 15.55, but at these weights Reel Charmer (Alistair Charlton/ Jan Faltjesek) is preferred.