5 more poor meetings today

today´s cards, to be frank, must be rated amongst the worst we have seen so far this year. With the big York Ebor meeting starting tomorrow, this is perhaps not surprising, but there are not many runners either, and races with normal each-way betting are a rarity at the 4 British Meetings.
Trainer Henry Candy and jockey Dane O´Neill are both enjoying a real purple patch at present and they can take the 6 furlongs handicap for 3yo´s at 19.00 CET at Leicester this evening with consistent Faure Island. The two top-weights Shingle (Ed de Giles/ Oisin Murphy) and Ridge Ranger (Eric Alston/ Jason Hart) were both easy winners of their only start and could be anything, but the handicapper has rated them quite highly for beating modest opposition, and at least Faure Island has shown that he can run well off his rating.
Candy can also win the 3yo handicap at Brighton with Rapunzal (Amy Scott), who has been upped 6 lbs for winning at Lingfield with this young claimer aboard but could be able to defy this higher mark against weak opponents. Quite a few top trainers have runners here, including Hannon, Balding, Charlton et al, but they are basically running horses they know are not capable of winning at the major tracks, so caution is advised. The same is true at the other seaside fixture at Yarmouth, where Noseda, Botti, Ryan etc have runners; Our best bet there is Ziggy´s Secret (Lucy Wadham/ Mikey Ennis) at 17.30.
The fields are larger at the mixed meeting in Ireland, where there are 4 flat races followed by 3 over hurdles at Sligo. Our main fancy here is the Monsun gelding Tawseef (Colin Bowe/ Andrew McNamara) in the maiden hurdle at 20.20.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Whaleweigh Station - Eleusis - Normanna
2. Race: Mimi Luke - Red Cossack - Great Wave
3. Race: Frontline Phantom - Nifty Kier - Mishrif
4. Race: Keep To The Beat - Interconnection - Kinema
5. Race: Alpha Delta Whisky - Autumns Blush - Sleepy Blue Ocean
6. Race: Glanely - Jungle Bay - Ziggy`s Secret
7. Race: Jonnie Skull - Polar Forest - Lewamy