Ayr and Huntingdon both go ahead

there were fears that today´s two N.H. meetings in the U.K.might have to be abandoned following the awful weather this week, but both Ayr and Huntingdon have passed early morning inspections and racing goes ahead.
The going will of course be heavy and these conditions should suit the two German-bred sons of Monsun running in the handicap hurdle at 15.10 CET at Huntingdon, Dawn Twister (Lucy Wadham/ Matt Crawley) and Promised Wings (Chris Gordon/ Tom Cannon). Dawn Twister has been a bit disappointing on his British starts, but we have not forgotten the way he sluiced through the mud to win a listed race at Baden-Baden in 2010 and, in the hope that he will revel in the mud again, we make him the selection. Monsun´s stallion son Shirocco also gets top hurdlers who go well in the heavy, as we saw yesterday with Annie Power, and he has another smart recruit in Mijhaar (John Ferguson/ Denis O´Regan), who runs in the opening novice hurdle here at 13.10. Mijhaar was a good listed performer on the flat for Roger Varian, won his first race over hurdles in excellent style, and looks set for a highly successful career in this new metier. The best race here is the listed mares bumper at 16.10; this looks open with all 8 runners having shown good form, but the most likely winner is Rouquine Sauvage (Tony Honeyball/ Tony McCoy). The card at Ayr is much lower in quality, but the Irish brothers Stuart and Steven Crawwford are always dangerous on their raids on British racecourses, and might just land a treble here with Fine Rightly, a smart bumper horse making his hurdling debut at 13.20, McLovin half an hour later and Trucking Along at 15.50.

Betting forecast Huntingdon:
1. Race: Gunner Fifteen - Steel City - Arthur`s Oak
2. Race: Flemi Two Toes - Tinelyra - Genny Wren
3. Race: Just Benny - Boomtown - Was My Valentine
4. Race: Ringa Bay - Mentalist - Ringa Bay
5. Race: Beauboreen - Arkose - Phare Isle
6. Race: Shubaat - Cloud Creeper - Carole`s Destrier
7. Race: Bitofapuzzle - Rouquine Sauvage - Notnowivorheadache
8. Race: River Deep - Broughtons Warrior - Double U Dot Ede`s