19:10 Kempton

Wednesday 10 October 2018

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32Red Casino Handicap

Off time: 19:12 | Winning time: 1m 24.64s

(2)

Redgrave²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Charles Bishop| T: J Tuite| OR: 80| BF| CD

3/1

Raced mainly on the AW since joining this trainer for 35,000gns in October 2017; 2lb higher than when beating King Of Nepal by a short-head (La Maquina fourth) over C&D in September.

Form: 52-6615

(7)

Bernie's Boy^p²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: P S McEntee| OR: 80| C| D

50/1

Out of form on turf since springing a 33/1 shock at Windsor (6f) in June; 5-20 on the AW with his latest synthetics success coming off a 5lb lower mark at Wolverhampton (7f) in March; stablemate of Gentlemen.

Form: 041056

(13)

Nezar³³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Jack Duern⁽³⁾| T: D K Ivory| OR: 78| D

25/1

Neck runner-up to Treacherous over C&D in June, and largely consistent since; wide draw in stall 13 not overly helpful.

Form: 712576

(10)

Mesquite^b1²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Bentley| T: R M Beckett| OR: 80| D

16/1

33% AW strike-rate (2-6) following early season wins at Lingfield (7f) and Chelmsford (1m); has found her revised mark on turf to be a fraction too high (ran okay), so the blinkers are now applied seeking an extra edge.

Form: 124734

(3)

Galloway Hills¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: David Probert| T: D R C Elsworth| OR: 80

33/1

Showed promise in early season Class 2 6f (turf) handicaps at Newmarket, but has proved disappointing in each of his last three appearances (twice on soft); 0-3 at Kempton (6f-7f).

Form: 823000

(14)

Espresso Freddo^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: A Kirby| T: R Stephens| OR: 77| D

25/1

Just 1lb higher than when winning over 7f at Chelmsford in January (all out), but wasn't far off the principals on turf at Beverley (7f+ good to soft) latest, form boosted by Zeshov (winner since); wide draw the concern.

Form: 294644

(11)

Michael Corleone⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M Meade| OR: 79| D

25/1

Made all to down a John Gosden-trained hot-pot when breaking the maiden at Wolverhampton (7f) in February, but has struggled in competitive Class 4 turf handicaps (7f-1m) since; AW return a positive.

Form: 341908

(1)

Parnassian^b⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Jim Crowley| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 77

11/2

Disqualified after winning at Windsor (6f, good to firm) early last month, and as of yet has been unable to gain recompense; staying on close up fifth to Kamra (runner-up Outrage runs at Newcastle on Tuesday) over 6f here latest; chance.

Form: 95D965

(6)

Dark Side Dream^p³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Josephine Gordon| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 77| CD

8/1

Reliable AW performer (5-44); 2lb higher than when gamely making all to score by ½L from Noble Star in a Class 5 handicap over C&D last month (11/4f).

Form: 445451

(12)

La Maquina^p1,t³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: W Buick| T: George Baker| OR: 78

8/1

Lightly-raced after five career starts; has shown his best form over C&D, namely when finishing a close up fourth to the re-opposing Redgrave (Class 4 handicap); first-time cheekpieces applied (accompanies a tongue-tie); much respected.

Form: 42-464

(8)

No I'm Easy^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 78

16/1

Has limited AW experience (0-1), but connections turn to the Polytrack following a disappointing run on soft ground at Newbury (7f) last month; 3lb higher than when winning at Haydock (1m) in August.

Form: 554190

(4)

Gentlemen^h²⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Darragh Keenan⁽⁵⁾| T: P S McEntee| OR: 76| C| D

10/1

Perfectly respectable AW strike-rate (6-39), but fitness is taken on trust having been absent from competitive action since early February; stablemate of Bernie's Boy; other days.

Form: 9U6-444

(9)

Character Witness¹¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: David Egan| T: R Varian| OR: 77

12/1

Nine-race maiden; finished off strongly when third to Insurgence over C&D in June (under David Egan); raced sparingly since, but must come into contention off the same mark if race-fit from a 117 day absence.

Form: 56-3436

(5)

Quick Breath¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman| OR: 77| D

5/1

Just 1lb higher than when winning over 7f at Chelmsford in July, but has arguably taken a few backward steps on turf since (6f-7f); others are preferred.

Form: 217407

Forecasts

Redgrave (3/1), Quick Breath (5/1), Parnassian (11/2), Dark Side Dream (8/1), La Maquina (8/1), Gentlemen (10/1), Character Witness (12/1), Mesquite (16/1), No I'm Easy (16/1), Espresso Freddo (25/1), Nezar (25/1), Michael Corleone (25/1), Galloway Hills (33/1), Bernie's Boy (50/1)

A competitive 14-runner handicap in which the interesting horse is the returning three-year-old Character Witness. However, plenty of others hold fairly similar claims based upon more recent C&D form, so feasibly might have a race-fitness advantage tonight. Parnassian was disqualified after winning at Windsor last month, but has knocked at the door since, with his latest close-up fifth to Kamra (6f) possibly given a timely form boost by the runner-up Outrage (runs at Newcastle on Tuesday). However, the selection is the unexposed (and now cheekpieced) LA MAQUINA who finished hot on the heels (fourth) behind the re-opposing winner Redgrave over C&D 25 days ago.