We've got a busy week ahead of us at Clear Height with seven potential runners: Out Of The Storm, Northern Spy, Sumani, Renoir's Lady, Joe M, Clear Praise and Forceful Appeal.

 

Out Of The Storm runs tomorrow in the 17.00 Calverts Carpet York Ltd Fillies' Handicap over 1 mile 3 furlong at Kempton and is ridden by Luke Morris. Out Of The Storm hasn't been seen on the track since the beginning of October but seems in good form after her winter break.

 

Northern Spy runs in the lingfieldpark.co.uk Handicap over 1 mile on Wednesday at 14.50 and is ridden by Hayley Turner. Northern Spy ran disappointingly when second last time out over course and distance when a short priced favourite. That said, he seems in good form at home and will hopefully be involved at the buisness end of the race.

 

On the same card Sumani runs in the Hollow Lane Handicap over 1 mile 5 furlongs at 15.20 and is also ridden by Hayley Turner. Following his long lay off due to various training injuries Sumani put in a very creditable performance at the beginning of the month when third at Kempton. He seems to be well in himself and we're hoping that his last run was an indication of him coming back to form.

 

Later in the day we have two runners at Kempton. Renoir's Lady runs in the Back Or Lay At Betdaq.com Handicap at 17.40 over 1 mile and again, Hayley Turner takes the ride. This filly by Peintre Celebre ran earlier in the month and finished seven of nine. However, that day she was pushed wide when starting to make ground coming round the home turn. She was also entitled to the run after a 166 day lay off. Now she is race fit she could be capable of a more creditable performance.

 

Our last runner on Wednesday is Joe M in the Betdaq Mobile Apps Handicap over 1 mile and is ridden by Chris Catlin. This son of Araafa hasn't shown much on his previous starts but did run with credit when five of ten at Wolverhampton in November. With a small winter break behind him he could be competitive if things go his way.

 

Clear Praise is down to run in the same race he won last year. He runs in the Florence Moore Big Birthday Handicap at 19.05 at Kempton on Thursday and is ridden by Hayley Turner. He seems very well in himself at home and despite being five pound higher in the weights he bids to emulate his success last year.

 

Finally, Forcefull Appeal runs in the Follow Us On Twitter At Lingfieldpark Handicap at 14.00 over 1 mile at Lingfield. He broke his maiden tag on the second time of asking with a convincing display. He seems in good form at home and could put in a competitive performance.

Evening Pinot finished fifth of 13 at Kempton last night in the skysports.com Racing Handicap over 7f. Ridden by Hayley Turner, Evening Pinot broke well and was always up with the pace. She was unable to maintain her position coming round the bend, however stayed on up the straight to finish less than two lengths behind the winner. This run was the best of her career to date and demonstrated a promising performance going forwards into 2012.  

Space Station, one of the yards favourites, arrived back at Clear Height yesterday after having a period of time off before getting ready for the 2012 flat season. The six year old son of Anabaa has been a model of consistency over the years for Clear Heights, with his finest hour last year coming on home soil at Epsom when ridden by Neil Callan. He won convincingly that day by 3 3/4 lengths. However this did not go unnoticed by the handicapper who subsequently raised him 7 pounds.

 

He'll be heading into the 2012 flat season on a career high mark of 86 so it will be a tough task for him to be as prolific as he has been in the past. That said, he has come back to the yard looking very well in himself and is a hard worker on the gallops. These two combined will hopefully see him go there or there abouts come the spring and summer months.

Renoir's Lady beat two home in the Golf At Lingfield Park Fillies' Handicap at Lingfield over 1 mile under David Probert. The lightly raced filly broke well from stall eight and was soon dropped in by David Probert. By half way Renoir's Lady had been shuffled back to second last and had a significant amount of ground to make up. She seemed to be passing horses coming round the final turn, however was racing three wide coming into the straight giving her opposition first run. Considering her 166 day lay off it was a far from disappointing run.

At the beginning of the week Diamond Charlie was intended to run in the 17.15 Back Or Lay At betdaq.com Handicap. Unfortunately, Diamond Charlie did not eat up last night and was therefore scratched from tonights race. Hopefully he will be running in a similar race in the near future.

We go into the second week of the year off the back of a good start to 2012 with our three runners in the first week either winning or placed.

 

We have three intended runners this week:Diamond Charlie, Renoir's Lady and Evening Pinot. Diamond Charlie is entered in the 17.15 Back or Lay At betdaq.com Handicap over 5 furlongs at Kempton with Hayley Turner booked to ride. He seems in good form and after his lastest course and distance victory he should have a decent chance. That said, he has been drawn widest of the field which is far from ideal.

 

Evening Pinot is entered in the 19.45 skysports.com Racing Handicap over 7f and is also ridden by Hayley Turner. This 4 year old filly had three races last year and finished third on her last outing to Lingfield. Although appearing slightly one paced she did seem to be staying on at the end of the race. However, she will need to improve on her previous runs is she is to finish in the frame of this 14 runner field.

 

Renoir's Lady's race is yet to be finalised and is entered in two races on Friday. The possibilities are the 14.00 at Lingfield or the 16.10 at Wolverhampton. She is yet to win a race and has not been seen on the course since July. Despite being entitled to her first run in in six months, she did show some promise when finishing fifth first time out at Newmarket back in 2010 so we would be hopeful for a creditable performance after her long lay off.