Nottingham, Navan (Ireland) and Kempton (a.w.)

Flat racing this afternoon at Nottingham, with some big fields, at Navan in Ireland with even larger fields, and this evening on the all-weather at Kempton. Although there are no high grade races on the cards, it is quite posible that we shall see some better class 2yo´s in action at Nottingham and Navan, with several top stables in action.b Godolphin have several runners at Nottingham and in view of the excellent stable form it shpuld be worthwhile to look at debutant High Comedy in the 2yo maiden over 6 furlongs at 16.10 CET, the extremely well-bred Anhar in the first division of the mile maiden at 16.40 and, despite his poor initial effort, Liberty Square in the second division half an hour later, Frankie Dettori rides all three and he has another winning chance on Jeremy Noseda´s Charger in the 10 furlongs maiden for 3yo´s + at 18.10.

At Navan th most intereesting race is the 2yo mile maiden at 17.15 with runners from all the big Irish yards. Aidan O´Brien saddles 4 runners and on pedigree Flying Class (Seamus Heffernan) is obviously the one to catch the eye, being a son of Sadlers Wells out of champion Ramruna (winner of the Oaks, Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks in 1999), so it is significant that stable jockey Johnny Murtagh partners September Moon. Rainforest Magic (Dermit Weld/ Pat Smullen) and the Aga Khan´s Akinndi (John Oxx/ Mick Kinane) are two dangers, while German-bred Shivano (Paddy Prendergast/ BA Curtis), a son of Monsun, is also of interest. However a more likely German-bred winner here is Sweet Wake (Noel Meade/ TC Carroll), a Baden-Baden Group Two winner 4 years ago, in the conditions race over 10 furlongs at 18.15, who has Chief Lone Eagle (O´Brien/ Murtagh) and Galileo´s Choice (Weld/ Smullen) to beat. Meade and Carroll also have good prospects with useful hurdler Donna´s Palm in the 2 mile maiden at 16.15.

The card at Kempton this evening is relatively boring by comparison, but we expect to see Racing Hero (Noseda/ William Buick) and Putra One (Michael Jarvis/ Philip Robinson), who have the two best draws, fight out the finish to the best race, a 10 furlongs handicap at 19.50.