Galway meeting starts today

This week features two of the best meetings of the summer - in England Glorious Goodwood, which starts tomorrow, and in Ireland Galway, which goes on all week. The Galway meeting starts this evening with two hurdle races, four flat races and a bumper, and there is a simple recipe for betting at this meeting - back everything trained by Dermot Weld. The Rosewell House trainer has an incredible record here, but this of cozrs no grt scret and there is not always much value in backing his runners. He has fned runners in the first si rcs racs this evening, and it will be amazing if he has no winners. In our view Sulwaan (Paul Townend) in the opening novice hurdle at 18.05 CET, Force of Habit (Paul Carberry) in the handicap hurdle at 17.25, Riviera Post (Pat Smullen) in the 2yo maiden at 18.10 and Natural High (Robbie McNamara) in the day´s main fature at 19.45 - a 2 mile flat handicap for amateur riders- are his best chances.

The 4 meetings in the U.K. today are all very low key. At Ayr this afternoon, the 6 furlongs handicap at 16.00 looks the most interesting race and could lie between Questionnaire (Nicky Vaughan/ Luke Morris), who has won both his 2011 starts but meets better opposition now, and Royal Blade, whose trainer Alan Berry has struck form after a long period in the doldrums and has the talented Julie Burke in the saddle.

At Yarmouth, Ursula (Elaine Burke/ Andrew Ellliott) can recover losses incurred when he was a beaten favourite at Ayr last time by taking the 6 furlongs handicap at 16.15, while course specialist Rough Rock (Chris Dwyer/ Hayley Turner) goes for a quick CD hat-trick over 7 furlongs half an hour later; however at these weights we prefer Amoya (Charlie McBride/ Adam Beschizza) whose dam was a German clasic winner.

The maiden races look the best events at Windsor´s evening meeting. In the opening 3yo maiden at 19.10, Not Bad for a Boy (Richard Hannon/ Richard Hughes) has easily the best public form, having been beaten by a short head at Haydock last time, but there are several interesting newcomers, notably Sir Michael Stoute´ s well-bred Duke of Firenze (Ryan Moore).

The card at this evening´s N.H. meeting at Uttoxeter is very weak. German-bred Moon Melody (Mike Sowersby/ Edmund Lineham) has an each-way chance in the 3 mile handicap hurdle at 21.30 after running up in a similar event at Southwell last time.