Looking at Ripon card today.  The big handicap at 3:15 has 20 runners.  My each way bet at 16/1 is Gunmetal, the race is wide open so a large slice of luck is needed.  But Gunmetal has a decent draw, good jockey on top and his shrewd trainer will have the horse in good shape , he ran ok last time in the Stewards Cup at Goodwood.  The big race at Newbury today is the Group 2 Ladysford Stud Hungerford Stakes.  Any rain will help Breton Rock, it is a competitive race, Sir Dancealot has a penalty for a recent success, he likes to come late and likes passing horses, he is ridden by vastly experienced French jockey Gerald Mosse, if I was having a bet in the race it would be him.