17:45 Kempton

Saturday 16 February 2019

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32Red Casino Handicap

Off time: 17:48 | Winning time: 2m 34.99s

(4)

Harlow¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: S Donohoe| T: Ian Williams| OR: 74

14/1

Irish import who was making his debut for this stable when shaping quite well to be fifth over 1m1½f at Wolverhampton at the start of the month. Down 2lb and up in trip, he is an interesting contender.

Form: 74/009-5

(14)

Nylon Speed^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: David Probert| T: A King| OR: 74| BF| CD

9/2

Winning hurdler who is 2-3 on the AW and shaped well at this venue off 1lb higher on latest outing. Widest draw not ideal so waiting tactics are on the cards.

Form: 113/1-14

(12)

Surrey Blaze²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J Tuite| OR: 75| D

10/1

Behind fourth-placed Nylon Speed when sixth at this venue last time. That was his first run since August so improvement can be expected.

Form: 31146-6

(2)

Unit of Assessment^t,v²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: A Kirby| T: W J Knight| OR: 73| CD

10/1

Back on song when scoring over C&D last month, but went up 8b and was well held on his return to this venue. Can do better off 4lb lower mark.

Form: 163-217

(8)

Arctic Chief^t³²

Age: 9| Weight: 9-4| J: Georgia Dobie⁽⁷⁾| T: R T Phillips| OR: 72

20/1

No wins in 13 starts, six of them over hurdles and four in bumpers. First run in a handicap and looks up against it.

Form: 33-4

(11)

Dono Di Dio²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁷⁾| T: M Madgwick| OR: 74| C

6/1

Shed her maiden tag when scoring over 1m2f at this venue and latest second saw her finish ahead of Nylon Speed and Surrey Blaze. Should be thereabouts again.

Form: 24019-2

(1)

Kyoto Star^p1³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: L Morris| T: H Spiller| OR: 71| D

12/1

Landed a Newcastle novice event in November and was a respectable sixth of 12 in a handicap at that track last month. Lightly-raced so has scope for improvement and cheekpieces are fitted.

Form: 0/617-6

(10)

Outofthequestion³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: A King| OR: 70| BF

10/1

Stable companion of Nylon Speed who has won two Flat races on turf, but has not been able to translate that ability to hurdling. Reverts to the Flat with a bit to prove.

Form: 323116-

(5)

Smiley Bagel²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: R Kingscote| T: E Walker| OR: 69| CD

14/1

Behind Nylon Sped at Lingfield two starts ago and generally below his best recently. Needs a revival off falling handicap mark.

Form: 2140-46

(9)

Regular Income^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Charlie Bennett| T: A West| OR: 70

7/1

Second win of his career when scoring over 1m1½f at Wolverhampton earlier this month. Steps up in trip off 3lb higher mark and cannot be ruled out.

Form: 7508-41

(7)

My Brother Mike²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: C Lee| T: K Frost| OR: 67| C

16/1

Beat Unit Of Assessment over 1m3f at this track two starts ago, but went up 4lb and was well held by Sir Prize on latest outing. Looks high enough in the ratings.

Form: 5440-16

(3)

Sir Prize²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Rob Hornby| T: D K Ivory| OR: 68| CD

5/1

Just doing enough when scoring at this venue on last two starts. Up a total of 6lb for those successes, but that is not too prohibitive for this progressive sort.

Form: 5077-11

(6)

Esspeegee²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Darragh Keenan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Bailey| OR: 65| D

33/1

Beaten a long way by Sir Prize and Nylon Speed on his last two starts. Needs to find considerable improvement if he is to get involved.

Form: 7600-78

(13)

Harbour Quay²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: A Mullen| T: R Brisland| OR: 64

20/1

A 13L third of nine on the latest of three runs in maiden/novice company. Pitched against some in-form rivals on handicap debut.

Form: 9/73

Forecasts

Nylon Speed (9/2), Sir Prize (5/1), Dono Di Dio (6/1), Regular Income (7/1), Unit of Assessment (10/1), Surrey Blaze (10/1), Outofthequestion (10/1), Kyoto Star (12/1), Harlow (14/1), Smiley Bagel (14/1), My Brother Mike (16/1), Arctic Chief (20/1), Harbour Quay (20/1), Esspeegee (33/1)

A tight handicap in which preference is for the progressive SIR PRIZE who has done just enough to win on his last two starts and can complete his hat-trick off this higher mark. Nylon Speed would have been a fancy but for his wide draw and bigger dangers on this occasion may be Dono di Dio and Regular Income. Top-weight Harlow is respected and we should know more about him after this.