20:20 Kempton

Wednesday 31 May 2017

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100% Profit Boost At 32RedSport.com Handicap (Qualifier)

Off time: 20:20 | Winning time: 1m 39.61s

(1)

Ballard Down^v²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Harry Bentley| T: W J Knight| OR: 92| CD

11/4

C&D winner at two and wearing a visor (retained) for the first time when coming clear of his rivals over an extended 1m at Wolverhampton earlier this month. Races off a 7lb higher mark here and interesting to see if the visor works for a second time here.

Form: 1/454-21

(7)

Alnashama²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Jim Crowley| T: C Hills| OR: 89| D

7/1

Registered a hat-trick on turf over 7f and 1m last summer and made a satisfactory return to action when beaten 1¼L into third over 7f at Doncaster (good-to-firm) earlier this month. .Worth a check in the market here.

Form: 31119-3

(3)

Palawan³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: D C Costello| T: J A Osborne| OR: 87

33/1

Dual winner for previous stable but well held eighth of nine on debut for current yard at Windsor (good) over this trip last time out. More needed if he's to figure in this.

Form: 04603-8

(6)

Unforgiving Minute¹⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: A Kirby| T: J Butler| OR: 87| CD

12/1

Winner of one of his five starts for this yard with that success coming under today's jockey in a 7f seller at Chelmsford in October. Finished third off this mark at Wolverhampton the following month but welll beaten when last in action back in December. Market support would be noteworthy here.

Form: 000130-

(8)

Dark Devil²³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: D Nolan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 86| D

7/1

Ended 2016 by recording his first handicap success when winning over 1m at Goodwood (good). Races off a 3lb higher mark here and likely to be competitive once more.

Form: 305431-

(11)

Reaver²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 84| CD

8/1

Made a winning reappearance when successful over an extended 1m at Nottingham (good-to-firm) off a 5lb lower mark last month. Well beaten at Thirsk subsequently however and needs to put that poor effort behind him if he's to take this.

Form: 2257-10

(4)

Kingston Kurrajong³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Adam Beschizza| T: M J Attwater| OR: 83| D

14/1

Winner off a 4lb higher mark at Windsor (soft) over 1m last June for previous stable. Best effort for current yard came when 1L fourth over C&D in March. That came in a Class 4 and he's twice been well beaten in higher grades since.

Form: 685405

(10)

Kestrel Dot Com^b¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: S De Sousa| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 83| D

11/2

Wearing blinkers (retained) for the first time when readily winning over 1m at Yarmouth (good) earlier this month. Yard have a 43% strike-rate recently (3/7) and is an interesting runner here despite an 8lb rise in the weights.

Form: 30-4641

(5)

Ripoll^t²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: P J Dobbs| T: S Kirk| OR: 79| CD

9/1

Winner over 7f here off a 6lb lower mark in October last year. Ran well when beaten 1½L over 1m2f at Windsor (good-to-firm) earlier this month and this drop in trip should suit.

Form: 326-484

(2)

Lastmanlastround²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: David Probert| T: Rae Guest| OR: 79

12/1

Winner of two of his last three starts including over 7f at Brighton (good) on his first run since being gelded and on seasonal debut earlier this month. Interesting following a 2lb rise in the weights.

Form: 22510-1

Non-Runners

(9)

Classic Villager²²⁶

Weight: 8-12| Age: 5

T: D K Ivory J: Jack Duern

Forecasts

Ballard Down (11/4), Kestrel Dot Com (11/2), Alnashama (7/1), Dark Devil (7/1), Reaver (8/1), Ripoll (9/1), Lastmanlastround (12/1), Unforgiving Minute (12/1), Kingston Kurrajong (14/1), Classic Villager (25/1), Palawan (33/1)

KESTREL DOT COM represents a yard who are in very good form at present and this hold up performer can notch his first AW success by taking this. The selection was wearing first time blinkers when winning last time and is likely to be played late in this contest. The lightly weighted Lastmanlastround is well drawn to race prominently here and having raced close to the pace at Brighton last time he looks likely to try and employ similar tactics here while Alnashama who finished third in a decent race at Doncaster last time can fill the same position here.