Ascot card to be run at Kempton

Ascot was due to stage its flrst flat meeting on 2012 today, but the track is waterlogged and the meeting has been transferred to the all-weather course at Kempton. The main feature is the Group Three Sagaro Stakes over 2 miles at 16.45 CET, which sees the reappearance of Red Cadeaux (Ed Dunlop/ Ryan Moore), who finished last season with excellent placings in the Melbourne Cup and Hong Kong Vase.

That form would undoubtedly be sufficient here, but we suspect that he will need the race and will look elsewhere. Barbican (Alan Bailey/ Darryll Holland), was much improved last year and signed off by winning a listed race here over shorter in November; he holds Solar Sky (Sir Henry Cecil/ Tom Queally) on earlier form. Electrolyser (Clive Cox/ Adam Kirby) is a solid perfor mer at this level, was third in this race in 2010 and has already won in good style this season, while Thimaar (John Gosden/ Paul Hanagan) won a good handicap over this CD at Easter; more is now required, but that form has already been boosted. Our choice is Colour Vision (Saeed bin Suroor/ Frankie Dettori), who was trained last year by Mark Johnston to finish third in the Cesarewitch and also the Long Distance Cup. He could complete a double for the Godolphin team, as we also expect Saamidd to win the listed mile race at 16.10. This one looked very smart when winning his first 2 races at 2, but then was p ut firmly in his place by Frankel. He has not run since finishing lame in the 2011 2,000 Guineas, but if back to anywhere near his 2010 form should win here. Consistent Side Glance (Andrew Balding/ Jimmy Fortune), who won this race last year at Ascot, is clearly next best. Gusto (Richard Hannon/ Richard Hughes) looks a smart young sprinter, and has won his last 4 races, including this CD, and can take the listed race for 3yo´s over 6 furlongs at 17.20.

Kempton - betting forecast:
1. Race: Lyric Ace - Baddilini - Mossgo
2. Race: Fallen For You - Gifted Girl - My Queenie
3. Race: Side Glance - Saamidd - Sri Putra
4. Race: Red Cadeaux - Colour Vision - Electrolyser
5. Race: Gusto - Burwaaz - Bannock
6. Race: Reachforthebucks - George Baker - Ree`S Rascal