18:00 Kempton

Monday 16 September 2019

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Bet At racingtv.com Nursery

Off time: 18:05 | Winning time: 1m 39.71s

(3)

Jungle Book²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-8| J: Tyler Saunders⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Portman| OR: 66| BF

4/1

Improving colt, beat all bar one in a nursery at Ffos Las (7f, good) last month on fourth start. Has handled AW already and gets on well with claims rider. In the mix.

Form: 0852

(9)

Secret Passion⁴²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Adam J McNamara| T: A Watson| OR: 65

33/1

Daughter of Havana Gold, well held in there novice starts but enters this fray at a modest level and wouldn't be a major shock to find an improved performance forthcoming.

Form: 668

(12)

Divine Connection¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman| OR: 65

16/1

Cable Bay filly with three poor runs on her CV, including 20L defeat in C&D novice last month; has it all to prove on stepping into nurseries for the first time here.

Form: 667

(2)

Moorland Spirit^b²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 64

9/1

Kyllachy filly, definite promise shown in three turf maidens so far, makes AW/nursery bow for a yard going great guns and merits a close look.

Form: 303

(1)

Um Elnadim¹⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 64

16/1

Nicely-bred filly, related to decent winners, hasn't lived up to expectations in three novice runs so far (slowly away each time). Up in trip on nursery bow and likely can improve before long.

Form: 544

(6)

Lexington Quest²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon| OR: 63

14/1

Best effort so far came when finishing runner-up in a 7f selling event at Newmarket (good). Not as good since in Ffos Las handicap. More exposed than a good deal of these and must improve on AW bow.

Form: 548424

(10)

Glen Esk¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: J Mitchell| T: C F Wall| OR: 62

4/1

By Kyllachy, has tended to be slow from the gates. Yard's runners typically improve with racing and there should be more to come in nurseries having shown promise already.

Form: 676

(4)

Slavonic Dance^b¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: Harry Bentley| T: R M Beckett| OR: 62

10/1

Muhaarar filly, some promise in maiden/novice company. Sported first-time blinkers (retained) on handicap bow at Windsor (1m, good) a fortnight ago and didn't improve. Must do so now.

Form: 8465

(13)

Kentucky Hardboot^p1¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: G Mosse| T: M R Channon| OR: 59

12/1

Much-improved when second at Windsor (1m, Good to Firm) in a nursery last time. Winner let form down next time, will be sporting new cheekpieces here and entitled to have designs on a big run.

Form: 77502

(5)

Son Of Prancealot^t²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: T P Queally| T: P D Evans| OR: 59

50/1

Sir Prancealot colt picked up for relatively small money. Hasn't threatened to repay faith in four runs, being beaten almost 10L on nursery bow at Ffos Las (7½f, good; 25-1) recently. Hard to make case for.

Form: 0588

(7)

Inflamed¹¹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: Oisin Murphy| T: E Walker| OR: 55

4/1

New Approach colt, remains a maiden after five runs. Runner-up over this trip at Chelmsford penultimate start (beaten 4L); though didn't match that run over same C&D 11 days ago.

Form: 96725

(8)

Broughtons Compass^p1²³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-2| J: L Morris| T: M R Hoad| OR: 46

25/1

Son of Henrythenavigator, well held in five runs so far, including handicaps here (7f) and at Chelmsford (1m) last month. Will surely have to improve for applications of first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 05073

Non-Runners

(11)

Mr Kodi¹⁹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 2

T: P D Evans J: K Shoemark

Forecasts

Inflamed (4/1), Glen Esk (4/1), Jungle Book (4/1), Moorland Spirit (9/1), Slavonic Dance (10/1), Kentucky Hardboot (12/1), Lexington Quest (14/1), Divine Connection (16/1), Um Elnadim (16/1), Mr Kodi (16/1), Broughtons Compass (25/1), Secret Passion (33/1), Son Of Prancealot (50/1)

Glen Esk needs to be sharper from the stalls but will be a credible threat once those issues are ironed out. In the meantime, JUNGLE BOOK earns the nod on what looks a wide open nursery. He found only one too good at Ffos Las recently under this rider and, up in trip, should be to the fore again. Kentucky Hardboot was much better last time at Windsor, while the possible improvers include Secret Passion, Moorland Spirit and Um Elnadim.