All-weather racing at Lingfield and Wolverhampton

Today´s card at Lingfield is an additional fixture agreed last week to make up for the many recent abandonments, and could prove timely, with both jumps meetings today abandoned. John Best saddles no fewer than 4 of the 8 runners in the mile maiden at 15.25 CET and the best of them should be the appropriately-named Lingfield Bound (Marc Halford), third on his debut at this CD. However the one to beat should be Mark Johnston´s Call to Arms (Adrian Nicholls), placed on all 3 starts last year and the trainer´s only runner here today.

Billberry (Steve Williams/ Jack Mitchell) has a good CD record and won here last time out; he is moving up in grade in the 7 furlongs handicap at 16.30 but could still play a major role under bottom weight. Sherjawy (Zoe Davison/ Ross Atkinson) is another last-time-out winner who could follow up; the opposition in the 6 furlongs handicap at 17.05 does not look that strong.

Mark Johnston has sent his main jockey Joe Fanning to Wolverhampton (where racing goes ahead) to partner Ancient Times in the 9 1/2 furlongs maiden at 16.45. This one was a disappointing favourite on his debut at Southwell but should be much sharper ow. However Heading to First (Clive Brittsin/ Chris Catlin) could be a big danger having his first race since July. The Brittain stable has hit form and has another chance with the debutant Jawal (Catlin) in the 7 furlongs maiden at 18.25; the danger here is probably the well-bred Midfielder (John Gosden/ Robert Havlin). The 10yo Flighty Fellow (Brendan Powell/ Hayley Turner) is not the most consistent, but won well last time and can score again in the handicap at 17.20, while the 5 furlongs 3yo handicap here at 15.40 is the trickiest race of the day. Any of the 7 runners could win this but we have slight preference for top-weight Lewyn (Kevin Ryan/ Fergus Sweeney), a CD winner on his only start this year.