5 bad meetings today

Monday is often a poor day for racing in the U.K., but even so, today´s cards are some of the weakest we have ever seen. There are two meetings this afternoon on the all-weather at Kempton and Wolverhampton and 9 of the 16 races are class 6, with 6 of the others class 5. John Gosden, whose stable is in good form, could be the trainer to follow and he can land a double at Kempton with Banksy in the 2yo maiden at 15.45 CET and Moment Juste in the fillies maiden at 17.15, both partnered by Nicky Mackay, and also score at Wolverhampton with Trumpington Street (Robert Havlin) in the 3yo maiden at 16.00.

The 3yo handicap over a mile at 21.10 this evening at Windsor is probably the day´s best race, although only a class 4 event. Sir Michael Stoute´s stable is not really firing at present, but he can win this with Profondo Rosso (Kieren Fallon), down in distance after finishing third at Goodwood over 10 furlongs. Topweight Laughing Jack is also down in distance, having won here over 10 furlongs and then been well beaten in the Lingfield Derby Trial and could be the main danger, although consistent maiden Whistle On By (Barry and Michael Hills) also has a chance. Earlier, Richard Hannon, who has an excellent strike rate with his 2yo´s here, can take the 6 furlongs maiden at 20.10 with Dixie´s Dream (Richard Hughes)

Two likely winners at Chepstow this evening are Galivant (John Hills/ Martin Dwyer) in the maiden at 19.30, and Burj Hatta (Saeed bin Suroor/ Ted Durcan) in another maiden at 21.30, but both will be at a very short price.
There is also jumps racing this evening in Ireland at Kilbeggan, but although the prize-money is much better than in the U.K., there is very little of interest.