All the top tips and best bets for Monday, November 11

By SAM TURNER

Published: 17:30 EST, 10 November 2013 | Updated: 17:30 EST, 10 November 2013

Your complete guide to Monday's race meetings as Racemail's top stable of speculators share their knowledge and make their selections.

Eight winners in the past fortnight, trainer Lucinda Russell is certainly towards the top of the hot list and EXTALAR (Carlisle, nap, 12.45) provides the Perthshire handler with a superb opportunity for further success in the opener today.

The 10-year-old boasts a course record of two wins and a couple of runners-up berths from just six starts at the Cumbrian track and shaped as though this drop to Class 4 grade could see him revisit the winner's enclosure last time.

Russell's charge has only been out of the frame once in seven starts in today's grade and looks poised to strike now the handicapper has given him some respite.

On a modest card, MIDNIGHT MACARENA (Southwell, next best, 1.00) may prove the strongest bet at Southwell.

A propensity to jump right precludes Lucy Wadham's mare from being a gilt-edged investment - even in this company - but it will be a disappointment if she can't go close for Matt Crawley whose form figures aboard the eight-year-old when she has completed read 65312.

Jim Crowley ended the last Flat season on 99 winners but COMMISSAR (Kempton, 5.20) may give him the century - even if its 48 hours too late.

I liked the way the selection moved through a similar race over course and distance last time and, although the handicapper has had his say, there could be more to come from the gelding.

Carlisle

12.45 Extalar (nap)
11.5 Dickie Henderhoop
1.50 Rockawango 
2.25 Buddy Bolero  
3.00 Milo Man
3.30 Tutchec
4.00 Stonebrook

Kempton

2.15 Bury Pacer
2.50 Arod
3.20 Diplomatic 
3.50 Gower Princess
4.20 Sharareh 
4.50 Captain Caroline
5.20 Commissar
5.50 New Rich

Southwell

12.30 Shalamiyr
1.00 Midnight Macarena (nb) 
1.35 Waltzing Tornado
2.05 John Reel
2.40 Lord Landen
3.10 Connectivity
3.40 Houndscourt

Hotspots

Work whisper: AROD (Kempton, 2.50)

Weighting game: RIGUEZ DANCER (Carlisle, 3.30) 

Burnt fingers: WHILE YOU WAIT (Kempton, 5.20)

Captain Heath: ETXALAR (Carlisle, 12.45)

Formcast special bet: CAPTAIN CAROLINE (Kempton, 4.50)

Wizard: CATCH THE CIDER (Kempton, 3.20)