Monday, July 13, 2009

Windsor, Wolverhampton (a.w.) and Killarney (Ireland) this evening

Three meetings this evening and surprisingly the best race is on the all-weather at Wolverhampton. This is the 7 furlongs handicap at 21.50 CET, with 10 runners. Top-weights Jack Junior (David and Adrian Nicholls) and Dixie (Michael Jarvis/ Ted Durcan) have been running without success in much better races and must have chances in this grade, but lightly-weighted Carleton (Willie Musson/ Chris Catlin) looks a big threat. The most interesting race at Windsor is the 2yo maiden over 6 furlongs at 21.00. Buzzword (Saeed bin Suroor/ Frankie Dettori) and Red Badge (Richard Hannon/ Richard Hughes) were both runners-up on their debuts, and look certain future winners. Hannon and Hughes have an excellent record in 2yo races here, but the Godolphin stable is now in good form and Buzzword, their only runner of the day and Frankie´s only ride, is the selection. Kilarney begins its 4 day mixed meeting this evening, but the card is not that strong. Best race is the 2 mile 1 furlong chase a t 20.40, in which Jessica Harrington´s Knight Legend (Andrew Leigh), who has been running in top races, must give weight to multiple winners Archie Boy (Pat Flynn/ Davy Russell) and Tony Martin´ s Royal County Star (Tony Martin/ Ruby Walsh).