Modest sport today

More modest sport at today´s 4 British meetings and one in Ireland. There is a lot of rain about and punters should check the going and also watch out for non-runners. The 6 furlongs handicap at 16.30 CET is the best race at Yarmouth, and lightly-raced Harry Patch (Michael Jarvis/ Neil Callan) is the likely winner here if he is in top form; on his only start in the last 15 months he finished runner-up in a big field at Haydock.

Top-weight Imperial Guest (George Margarson/ Tom Queally) is the danger together with Waveband (Mark Johnson/ Richard Hills), who made all for an easy win at Leicester last time. Hills also has a good chance in the fillies maiden an hour later on William Haggas´ Hamloola. She has clearly the best form of those that have run, but John Gosden´s well-bred debutant Fun Affair (Saleem Golam), who cost $ 625,000 as a yearling, is a possible dark horse here.

Michael Jarvis saddles another lightly-raced campaigner in Cool Judgement (Philip Robinson), who has had repeated problems and has not run for 15 months. He has top-weight in the 1 1/2 mile handicap this evening at 19.20 at Leicester. However, now that the rains have come, the selection here is Ella (Alan Swinbank/ Robert Winston), who has repeatedly been a non-runner because of the fast ground, Conditions are finally to her liking. 3yo Senate (John Gosden/ Paul Hanagan) is the danger here.

The 2yo maiden could be the most interesting event at Kempton´s all-weather meeting this evening. Hoot (Saeed bin Suroor/ Ted Durcan) and Barking (Richard Hannon/ Richard Hughes) were both runners-up in this grade last time and one of them should win now. Trainer Hughie Morrison has hit form with a vengeance (6 winners in the last 2 days) and his Repealed (Steve Drowne) could run well in the 1 1/2 mile maiden at 20.10, even though he has lot to find on the formbook.

In Ireland there are some large but in the main uninspiring fields at Sligo. The 10 furlongs maiden at 20.05 could be of interest. Battleoftrafalgar (Aidan and Joseph O´Brien) finished just in front of Sailors Warn (Timothy Doyle/ Billy Lee) in what was probably a better race at Galway and could fight out the finish, with German-bred Dart Queen (Peter Deegan/ Willie Supple) next best.

The only jumps racing today is at Sedgefield, where German-bred Sadlers Star (Michael Blake/ Denis O´Regan) has a good each-way chance despite top-weight in the novice hurdle at 16.15. The same trainer can follow up with Sir Bumble (Graham Lee) in the novice handicap chase half an hour later, who also has to concede weight all round but is in great form at present.