rest of today´s racing

there is plenty of good racing elsewhere as well, with a strong all-weather card at Lingfield. The main event here is the listed Winter Derby Trial at 16.30 CET. Grandeur (Jeremy Noseda/ Ryan Moore) has top weight here but has easily the best rating and should win; he last ran in the Hong Kong Cup, so today´s opponents should seem very feeble in comparison. Course specialist Modernstone (Will Knight/ Andrea Atzeni) could be next best. The opemning 6 furlongs race at 14.45 is also a listed event, and sees the siblings Hoof It (Mick Easterby/ Jamie Spencer) and Ladies Are Forever (Geoff Oldroyd/ Robert Tart) in opposition; they could well take the first two places with prefetnce for the former. The 7 furlongs handicap at 15.50 is another hot race, our selection is Absolutely So (Andrew Balding/ David Probert).
Balding also does well when he sends a horse over hurdles. so we should watch out for Queens Star (Tom O´Brien) in the opening race at Chepstow. The going here will be very bad, but that should not worry Poole Master (David Pipe/ Tom Bellamy), who scored in similar conditions last time by 39 lengths and can follow up under a much higher weight at 16.05.
Newcastle also has a strong card with the Eider Chase over 4 miles+ at 15.55 the main feature. This looks very difficult as it will be a real slog. Smoking Aces (Jonjo O´Neill/ Maurice Lineham) and Junior (Pipe/ Mikey Ennis) finished third and fourth in the West Wales Grand National last time and could get involved again.
There should be more Grand National clues in Ireland, where tFairyhouse´s Bobbyjo Chase at 16.10 has often been a reliable guide. On His Own (Willier Mullins/ Ruby Walsh) was our Aintree choice the last twice, but fell both times; maybe it will be third time lucky in 2014. Ruby´s father Ted saddles Seabass, with sister Katie aboard in in the hunter chase at 17.20; he was third in the 2012 Grand National and must run well here to further his claims this time around.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Ladies Are Forever - Tarooq - Hawkeyethenoo
2. Race: Random Success - My Kingdom - Valmina
3. Race: Grey Mirage - Absolutely So - George Guru
4. Race: Grandeur - Robin Hoods Bay - Chookie Royale
5. Race: Mbhali - Wildes - Patronella
6. Race: Marble Statuette - Fab Lolly - Medam
7. Race: Sandfrankskipsgo - Triple Dream - Expose