17:45 Kempton

Monday 28 November 2022

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Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap

Off time: 17:46 | Winning time: 3m 33.4s

(5)

Militry Decoration^t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: K T O'Neill| T: C Poulton| OR: 70

66/1

66/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 16 days ago. Significantly up in trip and each-way chance if he puts his best foot forward.

Form: 122530

(11)

First Charge¹⁶⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Saffie Osborne| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 70| CD

20/1

Winner of this race last year. 16/1, last of 6 in handicap at Nottingham (14f, good), slowly away. Off 168 days. Return to the AW may help and he's lurking on a potentially handy mark.

Form: 1-86596

(8)

L'Enclume^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: R Kingscote| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 69| C

13/2

Course winner. 11/1, creditable third of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (14f) 21 days ago. More needed here over a new trip, which isn't certain to be within her range.

Form: 144063

(12)

Tin Fandango^p³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Kaiya Fraser⁽⁷⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 66| D

16/1

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap at Newbury (16f, heavy, 11/1) 38 days ago. 5 lb rise tolerable and he should make his presence felt.

Form: 236601

(3)

Stiletto^h,t³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Thomas Greatrex| T: Kieran Burke| OR: 63

11/2

Creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (6/1) 33 days ago. Still winless following 11 attempts but has made the frame all 4 starts for this yard and couldn't rule out.

Form: 982424

(2)

Psyche³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: T P Queally| T: C Gordon| OR: 63

17/2

Below form sixth of 17 in handicap at Newbury (12f, heavy, 9/1) 37 days ago. Significantly back up in trip and it wouldn't be any great surprise if he were to take a hand in the finish.

Form: 113476

(1)

Prince Abu¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: D C Costello| T: D Shaw| OR: 62| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Third of 13 in handicap (28/1) at Southwell (12.1f) 12 days ago. Significantly back up in trip and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 264003

(10)

Sharp Distinction^p³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Stefano Cherchi| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 68

10/1

20/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap at Doncaster (10.2f, heavy) 38 days ago, finding test too much. Significantly up in trip and likely to find one or two too good.

Form: 32-9476

(6)

Wannabe Brave³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 65

6/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good third of 10 in handicap (15/2) at this C&D 33 days ago. Remains unexposed and he's appealing off the same mark.

Form: 9553

(7)

Owens Lad⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Jason Watson| T: D Loughnane| OR: 45

33/1

Eighth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (14f, 4/1) 49 days ago and looks set for another struggle.

Form: 060-038

(4)

La Belle Vie¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: David Egan| T: H Main| OR: 55

22/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap (18/1) at Lingfield (15.8f, AW) 16 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 524046

Non-Runners

(9)

Tralee Hills¹⁷

Weight: 10-4| Age: 8

T: S Hodgson J: A J Farragher

Forecasts

Wannabe Brave (6/4), Stiletto (11/2), L'Enclume (13/2), Prince Abu (17/2), Psyche (17/2), Sharp Distinction (10/1), Tin Fandango (16/1), First Charge (20/1), La Belle Vie (22/1), Tralee Hills (25/1), Owens Lad (33/1), Militry Decoration (66/1)

Though his efforts on turf earlier this year lacked spark, FIRST CHARGE is 3 lb lower than for his success in this race 12 months ago and it could be that the return to the all-weather will be the catalyst for a revival. He earns the vote ahead of Wannabe Brave, who didn't shape at all badly on his handicap debut over this C&D and is likely to be in the thick of things off an unchanged mark. Prince Abu, Psyche and Stiletto are others to consider in what looks a competitive race.