Bell on Red alert over ground

Michael Bell is keeping his fingers crossed the ground does not dry out too much ahead of Redford's run in the Ladbrokes Bunbury Cup at Newmarket tomorrow.The four-year-old was not beaten far into fourth on his first start of the campaign at Haydock and ran a fine race to finish third in the Buckingham Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot."He deserves one of these races and we'll just have to see how much the ground dries out. I think it all depends on how much heat we get," said Bell."Providing there is enough juice in the ground, I think he'll be very effective. These races with a big field suit him, so it's perfect for him really, as long as the ground is right."Buckingham Palace fourth Mutheeb represents Godolphin and racing manager Simon Crisford is hoping he will give another good account of himself."He's in really sparkling form, so we are expecting a good run from him. He's got plenty of weight, but so he should have," Crisford told At The Races. "He's been running well in good races and he'll give a good account of himself."Al Khaleej takes his first tentative steps back on to the racecourse, having been off the track since suffering an injury in last year's Victoria Cup.Trainer Ed Dunlop said: "It was well documented that he suffered a fracture when second in the Victoria Cup and, obviously, he has been difficult to train."Recently we seem to have had a clear run with him. He seems in good form and he is a horse who goes well fresh, but whatever he does, I'm sure he'll improve. We're happy with him and hopefully he'll run a nice race."