Monday, August 24, 2009

Hamilton, Kempton and Windsor

Three afternoon flat meetings in the U.K., with easily the best card at Kempton´s all-weather track. Woth gdol,phin now in top form, and stable jockey Frankie Dettori enjoying a real purple patch, it can be expected that some -if not all- of their four runners here will come home as winners. Debitant Barlamansts the ball rollimg in the 2yo maiden over 6 furlongs at 15.40 CT, with Elusive Trader (Tihad Hannon/ Ryan Moore) the main danger on form. In the mile maiden for 2yo´s half an hour later, Godolphin´s runner Navy List has already shown good form, and Sheikh Hamdan´s debutant Sharayeen (Barry and Richard Hills) tooks the threat here. The main event here is the conditions race over a mile at 16.40 and the Godolphin runner Ashram is best on ratings, but has been slightly disappointing so far this year. So has Chantilly Tiffany (Ed Dunlop/ Seb Sanders), who won twice in BGermany over 7 furlongs last season. If back to that form, she can win this. The final Godolphin runner is Badawi in the 1 1/2 miöl handovap for 3yo´s at 17.40. This one won his only start in very promising style, but has been given quite a stiff mark by the handicapper, and both Pictorial (Sir Michael Stoute/ Ryan Moore) and State Banquet (Hughie Morrison/ Steve Drowne) could prove troublesome. At nearby Windsor, the 2yo mile handicap at 17.00 looks between Flaming Miracle (Andrew Balding/ Martin Dwyer), very unlucky at Salisbury last Friday, and Cherry Bee (Mark Johnston/ Joe Fanning), who has been in the money on all her 4 starts. Balding and Dwyer also have a chance in the 10 furlongs handícap half an hour later with Lady Brora, but Serious Impact (John Gosden/ Jimmy Fortune) and Special Reserve (Richard Hannon/ Richard Hughes) look dangerous. Racing goes ahead after an early morning inspection at Hamilton, but the ground will be very testing and the quality of racing very poor. Richard Fahey should win the claiming race at 16.20 here with Fishforcompliments (Freddie Tylicki ), with stable companion Sunnyside (Paul Hanagan) the obvious danger.