20:55 Kempton

Friday 2 September 2022

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Eventmasters Handicap

Off time: 20:59 | Winning time: 2m 41.12s

(5)

True Courage^v²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Dylan Hogan| T: M L W Bell| OR: 76| BF| D

12/1

2/1, fourth of 5 in handicap at Leicester (11.8f, good to firm) 26 days ago, finding nothing. Makes polytrack debut. Type to bounce back.

Form: 542324

(4)

Caribou^t1¹¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: A J Farragher⁽⁵⁾| T: R Stephens| OR: 75

125/1

First run since leaving Denis Coakley when last of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW, 40/1). Off 115 days. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 67574-0

(1)

Mercian Hymn¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Rob Hornby| T: Sir M Todd| OR: 74| CD

85/40

C&D winner. 5/1, fourth of 6 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, firm) 18 days ago. Better expected now returned to AW.

Form: 1-23754

(2)

Taskheer^t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽³⁾| T: D Steele| OR: 71

14/1

Good third of 10 in handicap (15/2) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 16 days ago. Up in trip. Makes polytrack debut. Can give a good account.

Form: 324703

(7)

Shared⁹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: R Kingscote| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 76

11/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 14/1, last of 3 in novice event at Brighton (8f, good). Off 94 days. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 353

(3)

Guilin^p1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: S Woods| OR: 76| C

6/1

Course winner. Latest win at Salisbury in May. Sixth of 7 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good, 13/2) 14 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 152146

(9)

Royal Thunder²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: N Callan| T: W J Knight| OR: 73

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 12 on handicap bow at this course (11f, 9/2) 23 days ago. May do better still.

Form: 6-633

(6)

Rick Blaine^t⁴⁹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Josephine Gordon| T: S Lycett| OR: 64| D

66/1

17/2, respectable third of 7 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f). Off 16 months. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 4/75783-

(8)

Buxted Reel²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Harry Davies⁽³⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 71| D

4/1

Career best when winning 6-runner handicap (2/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 25 days ago. Should go well again.

Form: 225331

Forecasts

Mercian Hymn (85/40), Buxted Reel (4/1), Royal Thunder (5/1), Shared (11/2), Guilin (6/1), True Courage (12/1), Taskheer (14/1), Rick Blaine (66/1), Caribou (125/1)

MERCIAN HYMN has failed to kick on this season but he's worth another chance now he's back at this venue bearing in mind how impressive he was over this C&D in December. Buxted Reel gained reward for his consistency when scoring at Wolverhampton and should go well again, with the unexposed Royal Thunder another to consider.