All-weather racing at Southwell and Kempton

There is all-weather racing this afternoon at Southwell and this evening at Kempton. Richard Fahey´s stable is in great form on turf and can possibly carry this over to the all-weather, by landing a Southwell double with Bo McGinty at 16.30 CET and Chocolate Caramel half an hour later, both partnered by stable jockey Paul Hanagan. Bo McGinty has not won for ages, but is now on a very reasonable mark and is well drawn for this 5 furlongs sprint.

Chocolate Caramel possibly has a fitness advantage in the 1 3/4 miles handicap, having been placed twice recently over this CD. Lucky Unt (Brendan Powell/ Fergus Sweeney) has won 5 of his last 8 starts -all of them here - but has been off since December and seems high enough in the weights; Bin End (Michael Bell/ Jamie Spencer) has not run since May, while top-weight Swiss Act (Mark Johnston/ Joe Fanning) and Heathyards Pride (Reg Hollinshead/ Graham Gibbons) have been off for even longer, but all 3 would be very dangerous if in top form.

The racing looks more interesting at Kempton, where some of the top jockeys will be in action - Dettori, Moore, Fallon et al. Frankie has 5 rides, 4 of them for Mark Johnston, all 3yo´s owned by Sheikh Mohammed´ s son. Sir Frank Wappat, over 6 furlongs at 19.00, and Parhelion, over 11 furlongs an hour later, are both making their handicap debut after winning a maiden at Wolverhampton. Possibly his best chances are Manxman in the 3yo maiden at 19.30 (although John Gosden´s Zigato, with William Buick, as a half-brother to Oaks winner Sariska could be a big problem here) and Capricornus in the mile handicap at 20.30. The handicap over 1 1/2 miles for older horses at 21.00 could also be interesting. Donaldson (Jonjo O´ Neill/ George Baker) has top weight here; this one time German Group One winner has dropped to an insulting rating, but his recent efforts have been so poor that he is best watched for now. More likely winners are Free Tussy (Gary and Ryan Moore), Confidentiality ( Michael Wigham/ Nicky Macka) - moving up in trip- or Frankie´s mount, the John Jenkins-trained Trachonitis.