3 all-weather meetings today

There is flat racing on the all-weather this afternoon at Lingfield and this evening at Kempton and in Ireland at Dundalk. At Lingfield, the German-bred Diam Queen (Luca Cumani/ Kieren Fallon), a daughter of Lando, can win the 2yo handicap at 13.30 CET, while Mark Johnston´ s Jarrow (Joe Fanning) looks almost unbeatable in the 2o maiden an hour later. The most interesting race here is the 10 furlongs maiden at 16.00; John Gosden´s Trooping the Colour (Ryan Moore) is the obvious form choice, having finished second in all 3 starts so far, but faces two well-bred newcomers in New Couture (Peter Chapple-Hyam/ Alan Munro) and especially Royaaty (Saeed bin Suroor/ Ted Durcan). In view of the Godolphin stable´s amazing strike rate at present, we go all along with the latter, and his team can follow up with Khor Dubai in Kempton´s main event, a 7 furlongs conditions race at 21.50. He is a CD specialist, as are Confuchias and Wigrams Turn, who look the main dangers. At Dundalk, Johnny Murtagh and Pat Smullen resume their battle for the Irish jockeys´ championship, with the former currently enjoying the lead. All the races here have large fields and look wide open. In our view, German-bred Indian Wind at 19.30 and Paintmaker at 22.35 look Murtagh´s best prospects, while Smullen can possibly counter with Dotada at 20.30 and Sole Power half an hour later.