21:15 Kempton

Wednesday 18 April 2018

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Off time: 21:15 | Winning time: 1m 26.7s

(5)

Tigerwolf²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: E J Walsh⁽³⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 61| D

2/1

Back from a break and with the yard now in better form he shaped better than his final pacing last time over 6f at Wolverhampton. Given plenty to do on that occasion but not getting a run and can be rated as finishing placed; return to 7f may suit.

Form: 4686-37

(3)

Arctic Flower¹⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: K T O'Neill| T: J J Bridger| OR: 60| D

25/1

Won four times last year over this sort of trip on turf but ended the year out of form. Now returns from a fair absence dropped 6lb but on balance others make more appeal and she may need this.

Form: 111609-

(7)

Vincenzo Coccotti^p¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: H Crouch| T: K O Cunningham-Brown| OR: 60| D

12/1

Tumbling down the handicap but not really showing any sign of taking advantage with the losing run starting to stack up. Cheekpieces now return but hard to build a case on what he's shown of late.

Form: 37-8000

(9)

Mr Mac^h,t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Charles Bishop| T: P Hedger| OR: 59| CD

11/2

C&D winner back in December when showing improved form to get off the mark (tongue-tie on for the first time) and may well have benefitted from a more restrained ride. Appears to have struggled to cope with a higher mark since; poor last time.

Form: 14-6030

(2)

Cryptonite²⁰³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: S De Sousa| T: M Appleby| OR: 58| D

3/1

An inconsistent type who hasn't been seen since September when he ran poorly that run coming two starts after a career best effort over 6f at Bath. The booking of the champion jockey suggests a sound run but he's hard to have much faith in.

Form: 848160-

(1)

Peace Officer^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Noel Garbutt⁽³⁾| T: P S McEntee| OR: 57

12/1

Looks to be struggling to find any sort of form at the moment and looked to be struggling when last seen on the Tapeta at 7f. Dropped another 3lb here but it may take more than that for him to find some form.

Form: 51-0900

(6)

Inshaa^h,t⁷^{(ex 6)}

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: Danny Brock| T: P S McEntee| OR: 45| D

7/2

Dropped to a career low mark he finally got off the mark with his new yard quickly finding out how to push the right buttons with him. Perhaps it was the hood and tongue-tie combination that worked the oracle; penalised but could shrug that aside.

Form: 865031

(8)

Golden Eye³²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Shariq Mohd⁽⁷⁾| T: S Kirk| OR: 46

25/1

Remains a maiden after 13 attempts and runs from 5lb out of the handicap here having looked a little below his best last time. Hard to see him getting off the mark given the circumstances.

Form: 600-765

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Non-Runners

(10)

Ubla⁵

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: Miss Gay Kelleway J: Oisin Murphy

(4)

Haraz⁷

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: P Butler J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Tigerwolf (2/1), Cryptonite (3/1), Ubla (3/1), Inshaa (7/2), Mr Mac (11/2), Haraz (6/1), Vincenzo Coccotti (12/1), Peace Officer (12/1), Golden Eye (25/1), Arctic Flower (25/1)

The finale has a good standard set by the top weight Ubla who has won here before and ran with credit here recently and still looks to feature off a workable mark. Haraz struggles to win races often flattering only to deceive and Inshaa is of far more interest given his recent step forward for his new connections. A chance is taken though on TIGERWOLF who with his yard back in better form now gets a chance to show how unlucky he was last time when hampered over 6f and this return to 7f looks sure to suit if he can get a trouble free run this time.