Hexham, Huntingdon and Tipperary

Easily the most interesting races of the day are the two flat races that kick off the mixed evening meeting at Tipperary, which could go to two runners from Aidan O´Brien´ s stable with Johnny Murtagh in the saddle. However both are likely to start at very short odds, so they are not necessarily good betting opportunities. Kingdom of Munster has a superb pedigree and is expected to get off to a winning start in the 2yo maiden at 19.25 CET, while Red River Canyon looks a near certainty in the 7 1 /2 furlongs maiden half an hour later. He has mainly been used as a pacemaker for the stable´s Group One stars such as Dylan Thomas and Duke Of Marmalade, but is running here on his own account and even though the distance is rather short, should have little trouble in outclassing this opposition. All the evening action in the U.K. is over jumps, and N. Irish trainer James Lambe has booked Tony McCoy for 3 rides at Hexham- Breeze Out in the maiden hurdle at 20.05, Kircassock Vic in th e novice chase at 20.35 and top-weight Stepchange in the handicap hurdle half an hour later. It will be disappointing if they don´t have at least one winner. At Huntingdon, ex-German group winner, Persian Storm (Gary and Jamie Moore) a huge flop over hurdles so far, tries again in the novice hurdle at 20.50 but will need to show massive improvement to trouble easy last-time-out CD winner Moment Present (Charlie Mann/ Noel Fehily).