Rest of today´s racing

Despite the attractions of the Shergar Cup, the best race of the day is the Group Three Rose of Lancaster Stakes over 10 furlongs at Haydock at 15.45 CET. This looks very open with Godolphin fielding two strong candidates, Simon de Montfort (Mahmood al Zarooni/ Mikael Barzalona) - who had good form in France for Fabre last year but has not run since Meydan in the winter)- and Sajjhaa (Saeed bin Suroor/ Ted Durcan), trained by Michael Jarvis last year. Main opposition comes from Class is Class (Sir Michael Stoute/ Kieren Fallon) and Hot Prospect (Roger Varian/ Neil Callan). The fillies listed race over a mile at 16.20 is another decent race, in which the improving Heavenly Dawn (Stoute/ William Buick) and Submission (Cumani/ Fallon) move up in grade after easy handicap wins.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Last Bid - O`gorman - Guru Girl
2. Race: Naqshabban - Jutland - Burj Nahar
3. Race: Sajjhaa - Hot Prospect - Class Is Class
4. Race: Heavenly Dawn - Submission - Off Chance
5. Race: Green Park - Cruise Tothelimit - Ursula
6. Race: Pavershooz - Pelmanism - Ballinargh Girl
7. Race: Northern Bolt - Kings `N Dreams - Downhill Skier
8. Race: Markazzi - Karaka Jack - Norman Orpen


There is another good card at Newmarket, where the first 4 races are all sponsored by German racing organisations. Main event here is the Group Three Sweet Solera Stakes for 2yo fillies over 7 furlongs. Godolphin won this last year, and go double-handed into the race again with Desert Gazelle (Saeed bin Suroor/ Jamie Spencer) and Discourse (Mahmood al Zarooni/ Frankie Dettori). Both have won their only start, with Discourse just getting home from a subsequent group race winner, while Desert Gazelle was most impressive when winning her maiden here over 6 furlongs. Kinetica (Sir Mark Prescott/ Seb Sanders) is an obvious threat from a trainer who has an excellent record with fillies.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Pekan Star - Kirthill - Tiger Reigns
2. Race: Unex El Greco - Masked Dance - Primaeval
3. Race: Kinetica - Discourse - Illaunglass
4. Race: Al Andaleeb - Maria Letizia - Mugazala
5. Race: Cops And Robbers - Monopolize - Asaid
6. Race: Zakatal - Baltimore Clipper - Danvilla
7. Race: Complexion - Bakoura - Hurricane Lady