Bank Holiday Monday

Today is a holiday in the U.K., which means quite a lot of racing in the afternoon - none in the evening - and all at a fairly low level. Most races are handicaps and the best one is the Zetland Gold Cup, a 10 furlongs handicap at 17.00 CET at Redcar. This is obviously very open, but we shall take two runners from top stables against the field: Eshitibaak (John Gosden/ Dane O´Neill) and Tamaamah (Saeed bin Suroor/ Silvestre de Sousa); both are relatively lightly-raced and look less exposed than their rivals.

At Carlisle, trainer Brian Ellison -. in very good form at the moment - and apprentice Paul Pickard could possibly land a double with Pacific Heights over a mile at 17.20 and Mubrook over 11 furlongs at 17.55. The latter has some decent form over hurdles and looks well handicapped for his return to the flat, while the former is still a maiden but looks due for a win after finishing in the money on his last 6 starts.´

At Leicester we like Alice Rose (Rae Guest/ Nicky Mackay) in the fillies handicap at 17.05. The daughter of Manduro showed much improved form when winning on her seasonal debut at Yarmouth and can progress further. Our selection at Windsor is King of Jazz (Michael Bell/ Hayley Turner) who has top weight in the 6 furlongs handicap at 16.55; he seemed not to stay 7 furlongs last time and is dropping in grade here.

There is jumps racing at Cartmel with two interesting handicap chases, over 2 3/4 miles at 16.05 and for veterans over 3 3/4 miles at 16.40. In both cases we have chosen chasers who have come down in the weights but should be well suited by the likely good to firm going: Fine Parchment (Charlie Mann/ Harry Bannister) in the former and King Fontaine (Malcolm Jefferson/ Denis O´Regan) in the latter.

Redcar - betting forecast:
1. Race: Ixelles Diamond - Danfazi - Will To Survive
2. Race: Danehill Flyer - Handiwork - Moaning Butcher
3. Race: Maputo - Legal Waves - Marhaba Malayeen
4. Race: Eshtibaak - Silver Lime - Tahaamah
5. Race: Dream Cast - Nordikhab - Shady Mccoy
6. Race: Dr Irv - Brasingaman Eric - Madrasa
7. Race: Looks Like Rain - Green To Gold - Medieval Bishop