Lingfield and Wolverhampton

Down with a bump! that must be the feeling of British racefans as they look at today´s cards and think back to the splendid racing of the past 2 weeks. This afternoon we have only a very moderate card on the all-weather at Wolverhampton and a meeting at Lingfield, where the first 3 races are on the all-weather and the last 4 on turf. At least there are two class 3 handicaps at Lingfield, over 5 furlongs on the a.w. at 16.15 CET and over 10 furlongs on turf at 16.45. In the latter event top-weight Seeking the Buck (Ralph Beckett/ George Baker), who missed all of last season, can remain unbeaten for 2009 after his excellent run at the Epsom Derby meeting.

There is clearly very little between Shavansky (Rod and James Millman) and Cosmea (Alan KIng/ Eddie Ahern) and in fact they dead-heated last time at Sandown and meet on the same terms today; they are the obvious dangers. On the a.w. there is a rematch between Lochstar (Andrw Balding/ William Buick) and Peak District (Kevin and Amy Ryan); the former came out on top the last time they met, but the latter has run well in the meantime and is now better off at the weights. We would still not be surprised to see Lochstar, whose dam Lochsong improved with age, to score again. Earlier German-bred Carmenero (Willie Muir/ William Buick) could be worth an each-way interest in the 7 furlongs handicap at 15.45. Ar Wolverhampton the two last-time out winners Swiss Art (Ruth Carr/ Silvestre de Sousa) and Capo Regime (David and Adrian Nicholls) could dominate the 3yo claimer over 6 furlongs at 16.30, while the 3yo handicap over 5 furlongs as the final event at 18.30 should also concern recen t winners, the Greek-bred Silky Way (Paul Chamings/ Liam Keniry) and Mythical Blue (Milton Bradley/ Darryll Holland), while top-weight La Capriosa (Alan McCabe/ Andrew Elliott) is also dangerous at this level.