interesting maiden races

there is flat racing this afternoon in Nottingham and in Ireland at Navan, both with interesting maiden races, as well as N.H. racing from Ludlow and Towcester and the usual Wednesday evening all-weather fixture at Kempton.
Nottingham´s card starts with 5 races for 2yo´s and there could be some potentially useful youngsters on view, especially in the mile race at 16.30 CET, with several well-bred juveniles from top stables engaged. Torrid (Amanda Perrett/ James Doyle) has already shown decent form, but Sarpech (Sir Mark Prescott/ Herry Bentley) and Melrose Abbey (Ralph Beckett/ Jim Crowley) are two debutants to watch out for. Volume (Luca Cumani/ William Buick) is hot favourite für the 2yo handicap at 17.00 after his easy win at Newcastle last month, but we also like German-bred If (Andrew Balding/ Oisin Murphy). Balding can also take the opening 6 furlongs maiden with Highland Acclaim (David Probert), who ran well in much better company last time and is related to several smart sprinters.
At Navan, the 2 miles maiden at 16.05 looks fascinating. Well-bred Sardinia (Aidan and Joseph O´Brien) made a good debut last week and will certainly win before long, but top N.H. owner JP McManus has two good chances here with Thomas Edison (Tony Martin/ Niall Madden) and Waaheb (Dermot Weld/ Fran Berry), both of them smart hurdlers. Waaheb was also a top bumper horse and we hope he can win this. The O´Brien´s can take the two maidens for 2yo´s over a mile with Marvellous at 16.35 and Belisarius half an hour later.
At Towcester, Claret Cloak (Emma Lavelle/ Aidan Coleman) looks a good thing to win the 2 miles novice chase at 15.50 but will be at a very short price. The card at Ludlow is in any case better and we hope that German-bred Lava Lamp (Evan Williams/ Adam Wedge) a half-brother to Lady Marian, can take the limited handicap chase at 17.10, while the same trainer/ jockey combination has another chance with Siberian Tiger an hour earlier.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Highland Acclaim - Conflicting - Miss Acclaimed
2. Race: Margrets Gift - Dandana - Twin Appeal
3. Race: Searchlight - Sleepy Sioux - Exceeder
4. Race: Torrid - Sworn Vow - Sarpech
5. Race: Volume - Gold Trail - Top Of The Glas
6. Race: Fantasy Gladiator - Save The Bees - Extraterrestrial
7. Race: Demonic - Border Legend - Personable
8. Race: Hector`s Chance - Panettone - Hernando Torres