Newmarket Cambridgeshire meeting

Newmarket´s big Cambridgeshire meeting starts today; apart from the big handicap itself on Saturday, highlights include tomorrow´s Cheveley Park Stakes (fillies) and Middle Park (colts), two of the most important 2yo races of the season. Today´s card is also good, with the Group Three Somerville Tattersall Stakes for 2yo´s over 7 furlongs at 16.45 CET as the main event. This looks quite an open race.

Hunting Tartan (John Gosden/ Ryan Moore) and Khattaab (Barry and Richard Hills) have both won their only start in promising style and are moving up in grade, while Audacity of Hope (Phil McBride/ Kieren Fallon) has already won three races, most recently over this CD, and Manhattan Fox (Brian Meehan/ Frankie Dettori) hung all over the track before winning at Goodwood, and if he keeps straight this time, could be the answer. The listed race for 3yo´s over 1 3/4 miles at 16.10 has only a small field, but some useful performers, notably Henry Cecil´s lightly-raced Manifest (Tom Queally), who won his maiden by 19 lengths. Akmal (John Dunlop/ Richard Hills), who has already won 4 times this year, and the Queen´s Free Agent (Richard Hannon/ Richard Hughes) look the dangers. thde 5 furlomgs listed race at 17.20 is also quite tricky. Inxile (David and Adrian Nicholls) has to give weight away all round, and we prefer Dandy Man (Saeed bin Suroor/ Frankie Dettori). Sirens Gift (Andrew Ba lding/ David Probert) finished well behind several of these last time, but we would not be surprised to see her run much better this time. However Dandy Man fares, Godolphin should not go without a winner, as Fareej (Dettori) and German-bred Balierus (Ahmed Ajtebi) should be involved in the finish of the opening 2yo maiden at 15.00.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Dancing David - Fareej - Theology
2. Race: Locksley Hall - Brannagh - Joe Rua
3. Race: Manifest - Akmal - Free Agent
4. Race: Nideeb - Mata Keranjang - Khattaab
5. Race: Dandy Man - Noble Storm - Inxile
6. Race: Bounty Box - Vitoria - Sea Of Leaves
7. Race: Namibian Orator - African Art - Proponent