With all the rain around, racing will be very soft going at the turf tracks today.  Lingfield gets very testing when the ground is “ heavy”, so if having a bet make sure your horse has form on ground that is testing.  At Carlisle the first race looks interesting, Vis A Vis was very useful on the flat, with form on the soft in France, he is travelling a long way from his trainers base, so I would expect him to be very competitive.  Champagne Court is a winner and should handle the ground conditions.  He is another that will be in the mix in this race, the racing gets underway at 2.00pm.  Smiths Cross should get a win in the 2.15.

More later.