5 meetings today

Very little to get excited about at today´s 5 meetings. It is certainly significant that William Haggas has sent Quails Hollow (Paul Hanagan) on the long journey to Scotland to try and get rid of his maiden tag at 17.00 at Hamilton, but he will start at prohibitive odds. At the odds, Wicked Wilma (Alan Berry/Julie Burke) looks a better bet in the following 5 furlongs handicap at 17.30. The mare has really found her form this season, winning 3 times, twice over CD, and despite top weight is in with a good chance here. The very consistent Blown It (Keith Dalgleish/ Hanagan), first or second the last six times, all in the last 4 weeks, is the obvious danger.

There is racing on the all-weather at Kempton this afternoon, where the 7 furlongs handicap at 18.15 CET looks the best race. Kawssaj (Roger Varian/ Neil Callan), after two second places. won in a canter at Lingfield last time and can take this en route to better things. Cape Rambler (Henry Candy/ Fergus Sweeney) also won at Lingfield last time - but less easily and looks the main danger.

Candy sends his main jockey Dane O´Neill to ride Byton in the 2yo maiden at Windsor at 18.20 this evening (the last Monday evening meeting there of 2011) but this looks a very tough race with entries from several top stables. The same goes for the maiden for older horses at 20.20: Durante Alighieri (Henry Cecil/ Tom Queally) and The Mongoose (Michael Stoute/ Kieren Fallon) both looked useful last year but have not run in 2011, so possibly Almagest (John Gosden/ Richard Hughes) and Cairncross (Mark Johnston/ Silvestre de Sousa) can be preferred
Jumping today comes from Hereford, where Tony McCoy - as so often-looks the jockey to follow. Two Kisses (Brendan Powell) reverts to hurdling after a mulish performance over fences last time, and can defy top weight in the handicap hurdle at 19.30.

There is also Irish racing at Cork, where we expect Cocozza (John Oxx/ Johnny Murtagh), dropped in grade, to win the conditions race at 19.10. The 5 furlongs handicap at 18.40 has several runners in the field who met in a similar affair at Tipperary a few days ago; Roicead ( Brendan Duke/ Willie Supple) won then, and although worse off at the weights, can follow up. Best bet here is David Wachman´s Limetree Lady in the 2yo maiden at 18.10, but she will be at very short odds.