3 all-weather meetings today

Plenty of all-weather action today, but one looks in vain for any decent sport. At Lingfield this afternoon we see that German-bred Querido (Paddy Butler/ Robert Lucey-Butler) run in the mile seller at 14.10 CET; he was due to run in very poor race last night at Wolverhampton, but connections prefer this race where he has only 3 opponents; however they are all more highly-rated than he is, so we are not quite so confident this time. Our main fancy here is Royal Bajan (James Given/ Tom Eaves) who has top weight in the 5 furlongs handicap at 16.25. He is a real Lingfield specialist and was an easy CD winner only last Saturday. We expect him to defy his 6 lbs penalty.

At Wolverhampton this evening we also expect a recent CD winner to follow up - Woolfall Sovereign (George Margarson/ Ian Mongan) in the 6 furlongs handicap at 18.45. For those who like coincidences, we also recommend Appealing (Marco Botti/ Adam Beschizza) at 17.15 and Appeal (Air Mark Prescott/ Luke Morris) an hour later.

Dundalk, the only all-weather track in Ireland, reopens this evening after a 3 weeks break. There are maximum fields in most races, but the quality is very poor. It is interesting that top trainer Dermot Weld and Irish Kitten (Shane Gorey) to run in the 10 furlongs maiden at 21.45, but she appears to have little ability. The logical form choice here is Aragorn Rouge (Eddie Lynam/ Johnny Murtagh) and the same trainer-jockey combination can also take the 3yo maiden at 18.55 with Muck´n´Brass and the 10 furlongs handicap at 21.20 with Word for Word.