There is evening racing at Musselburgh tomorrow with the first race at 6.10. The only runners from my list to follow in action at the Scottish track are both in the last race on the card, the 8.40. La Fortalesa has run 5 times but has not really built on the promise he showed as a 2 year old. He has dropped 10 lbs in the handicap since the start of the season but still needs to improve on recent efforts to get in the shake up here. Scanno is also a maiden and like La Fortalesa has dropped down the weights. Neither has really shown enough to warrant much confidence. I would give La Fortalesa a bit of an each way chance at around 12/1.
The Mark Tompkins trained 4 year old Yossi has a poor strike rate with just 1 win from 16 races. He has been 2nd or 3rd 7 times and looks a bit of an underachiever. He runs in the 6.55 at Nottingham tomorrow over 14 furlongs, a trip that appeared to suit him when he was 2nd at Haydock a couple of runs ago. He then disappointed at Nottingham in a novelty race where all the runners were ridden by jump jockeys. He has the ability to win this sort of a race if putting his best foot forward.
Rowe Park ran by far his best race of the season so far at Goodwood at the end of July. If he can carry on where he left off there he would be in with a shout in the 7.55. He would probably be my most promising runner of the day.
There is no shortage of flat meetings on Wednesday. The draw usually plays an important part in the sprints at Beverley. In the 3.15 both Bo McGinty and Pacific Pride have favourable draws. The former is a course and distance winner and should go well.
Keisha Kayleigh has been a real fun horse to follow this season winning twice at rewarding odds and also putting in some placed efforts. She seems to be holding her form well and turns out again on Wednesday in the Hamilton 7.25 where she is a course and distance winner.
You always have to respect anything that Sir Mark Prescott sends up to Hamilton and I note that he has entered Astrodome for the 8.25 tomorrow. He won at the track 11 days ago when sporting first time blinkers and runs over an additional furlong tomorrow. He has gone up 6 lbs for his win but he is a half brother to Alambic who ran up a sequence of wins last season and it would not be a major surprise if he were to win again. Paul Mulrennan has the ride.
Down at Salisbury I am interested in a 2 year old making his debut in the 2.00. Zero Money, trained by Roger Charlton, is a half brother to 5 winners. He is up against a number of rivals that have already had a run but he certainly looks one to keep an eye on. The 2.30 is the second division of the 2 year old maiden. Another newcomer catches my eye in this race in the shape of Countess Zara, a filly trained by Andrew Balding. The dam, Lochridge was a decent sprinter a few years ago winning at the Shergar Cup meeting and also landing a listed race at Pontefract.
There are 2 runners from my list to follow in the 4.05, Cape Amber and Wood Chorus. On her best form Cape Amber would be very interesting. She was runner up to Lush Lashes in the Musidora at York, and had Dar Re Mi and Moonstone behind in 3rd and 4th. Unfortunately Cape Amber has not been able to match the subsequent exploits of her 3 rivals that day. She has tended to race too keenly but if she could settle better she would be a major contender. Wood Chorus has shown a liking for soft ground. She won a Ripon Maiden and put up her best performance when 3rd in a listed race at Newcastle. She has a bit to find with some of the others in this race though.
Sandown stage an evening meeting and the 7.40 includes a couple of runners from my list to follow. Albarouche has already won once, when wearing first time blinkers at Kempton. Her efforts on turf have been pretty ordinary though, both on fast and easy ground. She is a full sister to Dragon Dancer, the Derby runner up of a few years back. Wing Play, a winner at Wolverhampton last November has shown some form in his last two runs and shaped as though this 10 furlongs might be his best trip.
Rock Peak, a stable companion of Wing Play, is another horse I have been following this season. He remains a maiden after 6 starts and will be trying to break his duck in the 8.10. He has been 3rd on his last two starts so it is a bit difficult to see him winning off a similar mark.
Laureldean Dream looked a sure fire future winner when 3rd in maiden at Warwick in June, but was then last of 7 in her next race at York. She may not have been suited by the heavy ground that day so may be worth another chance in the Yarmouth 2.50. She is a half sister to the top class miler Ad Valorem.
Dan Chillingworth was making some late headway over 6 furlongs at Southwell on his last start. He moves up to 7 furlongs for the 3.55 at Yarmouth and should go well.
The picture "Deauville" is by kind permission of the artist Karen Davies.
That is about it for tonight.
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