With the recent rain over the last few days, the ground at most of the race tracks is on the soft side.  Yarmouth on the east coast has avoided a lot of the rain.  The current ground conditions should be almost perfect.  Al Suhail 5.20 has three rivals in the 5.20 over the straight 7f.  He wears a hood today, having worn a hood in the paddock at Newmarket when second, he did not wear it in the race.  He is very talented, but like his half brother Telecaster, he is probably a bit quirky.  He should defy his short odds and win today, hopefully he can start paying some of his 1 million pound price tag off !

Later in the card at 8.00, Cent Flying has a strong chance of following up again from his recent win at Brighton.  He seemed to have benefited greatly from a wind surgery operation, his trainer William Muir mentioned post race that his palate had been “tweaked” to help him breath.  A large number of horses seem to be having wind surgery, usually when you ride a horse that has a problem, you can hear them making a “noise” when they come under pressure.

With soft ground at Salisbury, the main race over 1 Mile could well go to Flashcard, he loves some give underfoot, and is a course and distance winner.  He will have to take a step forward to win, as Mojito and King Ottokar will not make it easy, Accidental Agent has probably the best form previously, but that was quite a while ago, his recent runs have been below par, and a refusal to race amongst them, does not give you much confidence in backing him.

It was a very emotional interview for William Bethell on Sky Sports Racing on Tuesday, he spoke to Matt Chapman after Steel Helmet had won at Lingfield, he has took over with a temporary trainers license, as his daughter Harriet had a bad fall of a horse recently and is in intensive care.  She’s in an induced coma and it’s a life threatening situation, due to a bleed on her brain.  Fingers crossed that she makes a full recovery.