Hamilton, Lingfield and Newton Abbot this afternoon

This afternoon´s 3 British tracks have only very modest sport on offer. Both at Hamilton and Lingfield (where the first 3 races are run on the all-weather, the rest on turf) all races are class 5 or 6. If there is a good performer running at these tracks, it can only be Henry Cecil´s Flame of Gibraltar (Tom Queally) in the fillies maiden ovr 10 furlongs at 16.50 CET on turf at Lingfield. A very well-bred filly, she cost 900,000 euros as a yearling and made a decent debut recently at Newmarket; she also has a Royal Ascot entry and to justify her reputation should win this.

Otherwise the consistent all-weather specialist Ravi River (Jams Boyle/ Pat Cosgrave) shoud win the 7 furlongs seller here at 15.20, while Legal Eagle, representing the in-form team of David and Adrian Nicholls, should take the claiming race over 6 furlongs at 15.40 at Hamilton; dropped in grade, he has plenty in hand of this opposition on the ratings. There are some small fields at this afternoon´s jumps meeting at Newton Abbot, where trainer Tony Haynes and jockey Dominic Elsworth can team up to win the novice hurdle at 16.00 with Come Out Firig and the handicap chase an hour later with Noticeable, despite lumping a huge weight. Most interesting race here is the maiden hurdle at 15.00, where ex-California-trained Mississippian (Charlie Mann/ Noel Fehily) makes his British debut.