The Ladbrokes Arc gets underway on Tuesday from Walthamstow. It looks a wide open contest but I'll be doing my best to find some ante-post value before the off.

The trap draw for the first round is as below -

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12
WALTHAMSTOW

20.11 475M THE LADBROKES.COM ARC - 1ST ROUND - HEAT 1

1 LEGAL MAJOR (E A GASKIN, ROMFD)
2 SLICK SPIRIT (K R ALLSOP, UNATT)
3 MUSTANG GARCIA (M) (S POOTS, UNATT)
4 NOIRS TED (W) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
5 CENTAUR DECREE (W) (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
6 DISCREET CAT (W) (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)

20.24 475M THE LADBROKES.COM ARC - 1ST ROUND - HEAT 2

1 BROADACRES ROB (E A GASKIN, ROMFD)
2 BLONDE JEANNIE (J G MULLINS, UNATT)
3 BOWER TURBO (R F YEATES, READG)
4 KILKENNY LONJACK (M) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
5 ROOSTER NOSEY (W) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
6 EYE ONTHE FORCE (W) (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)

20.36 475M THE LADBROKES.COM ARC - 1ST ROUND - HEAT 3

1 BLACK ICE BOSS (J W REYNOLDS, ROMFD)
2 SWHIMASDYLAN (E A GASKIN, ROMFD)
3 VIPAR TOTTI (M) (A J INGRAM, ROMFD)
4 MYSTICAL HAKA (M) (P R GARLAND, WSTOW)
5 SEANIS STRIKE (M) (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
6 ISLAND STORM (W) (D MULLINS, ROMFD)

20.49 475M THE LADBROKES.COM ARC - 1ST ROUND - HEAT 4

1 WHERES YER MAN (P J RICH, WSTOW)
2 FEAR BECKS (S C WILLEY, UNATT)
3 JULIES PROTEGE (G L SHARP, WSTOW)
4 TONETTA BALBOA (R F YEATES, READG)
5 BARAN PEDRO (M) (S BAGGS, WSTOW)
6 ROMEO MARCO (M) (D P FIRMAGER, COVEN)

21.03 475M THE LADBROKES.COM ARC - 1ST ROUND - HEAT 5

1 DIRECTORS CHOICE (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
2 RONNIES HUSTLE (K A MARLOW, HARLOW)
3 MILLDEAN BUSTER (M) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
4 ERINACEOUS RAPID (M) (E A GASKIN, ROMFD)
5 NOIRS DENIS (W) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
6 COBRA STRIKING (W) (E A GASKIN, ROMFD)

21.16 475M THE LADBROKES.COM ARC - 1ST ROUND - HEAT 6

1 PAGODA TARBERT (A J PEACOCK, WDON)
2 LIVELY ARTHUR (E MCNAIR, UNATT)
3 MILLDEAN FLASH (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
4 ARTHURS JOY (M) (D CHILDS, UNATT)
5 BARNFIELD WOODY (M) (S POOTS, UNATT)
6 OPENING ARTIST (W) (B DOYLE, WDON)

21.29 475M THE LADBROKES.COM ARC - 1ST ROUND - HEAT 7

1 RONNIES EARNER (E A GASKIN, ROMFD)
2 HYPATIA BLUE (P R GARLAND, WSTOW)
3 BALLYMAC RITA (S BAGGS, WSTOW)
4 TOOSEY BLUE (W) (J G MULLINS, UNATT)
5 KINDRED SPARKY (W) (M PUZEY, WSTOW)
6 ROMEO MALDINI (W) (D P FIRMAGER, COVEN)

21.42 475M THE LADBROKES.COM ARC - 1ST ROUND - HEAT 8

1 WESTMEAD PRINCE (N SAVVA, HNLOW)
2 TREACLE ROSE (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
3 STONE MOLE SPARK (M PUZEY, WSTOW)
4 SLICK STRIKER (K R ALLSOP, UNATT)
5 NIGHTSHADE (W) (C N CRONIN, UNATT)
6 FLYING JACK (W) (F W J GALLANT, MLDHL)

Ballymac Under continued his unbeaten run, he's now nine from nine, when winning the Racing Post Juvenile at Wimbledon on Tuesday.

Matt Dartnall's charge missed the break but he showed excellent back straight speed to chase down the early leaders Farloe Hurricane and Farloe Reason. The latter two are a pair of very decent hounds and 'Under' must be pretty special to pick them up.

Whether he warrants quotes of 6/1 for the Derby with sponsors Blue Square is another matter. I hope the dog goes on to be a superstar but if he does its likely he'll be doing so without any of my cash burdening him.