All-weather racing at Lingfield, Wolverhampton and Dundalk (Ireland)

Planty of all-weather action today, with 8 races at Lingfield this afternoon, 8 more this evening at Woilverhampton and 7 more in Ireland at Dundalk. The last-named meeting is clearly the best, with star trainer Aidan O´Brien launching a strong challenge. He can take the main event, a listed race for 2yo´s over 7 furlongs at 20.30 CET with Fighting Brave (Johnny Murtagh), an easy winner here of his only start so far; Jim Bolger´s Free Judgment (Kevin Manning), also a course winner, is the obvious danger. O´Brien and Murtagh can also take the 2yo handicap at 21.00 with Purple Heart and the 1 1/2 miles conditions race at 22.00 with Trojan War, but in the 6 furlongs race at 19.30 their hope Gluteus Maximus looks held by easy last-time-out winner Fourpenny Lane (Joanna Morgan/ Wayne Lordan). At Lingfield, Sir Michael Stoute´s Verdant (Ryan Moore) should take the first division of the 2y0 maiden at 14.50; in the second division, as none of those that have run have been very convic ning, we go for the unraced Godolphin colt Sahara Kingdom (Ted Durcan). The mile handicap at 18.10 looks very tricky, but Sarah Park (Brian Meehan/ Martin Dwyer), who was 4th in a better race at Ascot last time, should be thereabouts. At Wolverhampton, the handicap over 1 3/4 miles at 19.20 is the best race. Top-weight Rose Row (Mary Hambro/ Hayley Turner) was just touched off this CD last time and can go one better, but it will not be easy to concede weight to the improving 3yo´s Worth a KIng´s (Stoute/ Neil Callan) and German-bred Fin Vin de Leu (Mark Johnston/ Joe Fanning)