Friday, July 10, 2009

5 meetings this evening

A busy evening with 3 meetings in the U.K. and two in Ireland. With the Michael Jarvis stable coming back to form, Kammaan (Philip Robinson) should win the 19.40 CET race at Chester and the other 3yo handicap on the card at 20.45 can go to recent CD winner Impressible (Eric Alston/ Franny Norton). Ryan Moore is in action at Newbury where he has several good rides, and he can land a double for Luca Cumani with Burma Rock at 20.25 and Leverage half an hour later. Top event at Chepstow is a 6 furlongs handicap at 21.40, which looks wide open. Mark Johnston´s Thebes (Jimmy Quinn) and Michael Blanshard´s Perfect Flight (Amy Baker) both ran well in good company last time and can possibly get the better of recent winner Barons Spy (Richard Price/ Jack Doyle). In Ireland, Aidan O´Brien should win the conditions race for 3yo´s at 20.05 at Gowran Park, in fact his two runners Drumbeat (Seamus Heffernan) and Hail Caesar (Sean Levey) can take the first 2 places, while there is a mixed m eeting at Cork (3 flat races, 3 over hurdles and a bumper). The 2 1/2 mile hurdle race at 20.20 is the best event here and should mainly concern Ebaziyan (Willie Mullins/ Ruby Walsh) and Essex (Mike O´Brien/ Andrew Lynch)