Two abandoned meetings today.  But 5 meetings are currently on, plus Limerick and Downpatrick in Ireland.  The main flat meeting is at York, the second day of the two day meeting.  Ground described as soft, with light rain forecast.  The 3.00 is the Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Grand Cup Stakes, it is a Listed race over 1mile and 6 furlongs.  With a decent field of runners, most of whom will have an eye on the main race the “Ebor” at York later in the season.  Mekong is favourite, and is justified at being at the head of the betting market.  He should handle the ground fine, has a top jockey riding, with a good run 23 days ago over 2 miles, he was a decent second that day, with old rival Austrian School a head behind him in third, and another horse he meets again Making Miracles was a further 5 Lengths back in 4th in that Group 3 event, that was run on good to firm ground, so today’s easier ground will be more appealing for all three of these useful horses.

I think Mekong could well come out on top again today, he won on very testing ground at Leicester last season, his jockey knows him well, he is a bit tight in price today, so that is the bit that is not very generous !

With testing ground at all the tracks in the UK, cautious betting is the best way to go, I tend to play small stakes on the flat when the ground is soft/heavy.  A lot of flat bred types don’t handle the deep ground as well as the National Hunt horses.

More later.