20:30 Kempton

Saturday 4 February 2023

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Off time: 20:30 | Winning time: 3m 30.67s

(9)

Yagan^b1¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 66

10/3

Latest win at Southwell in August. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (6/1) at Newcastle (16.2f) 13 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time and he's expected to be bang there.

Form: 4162-34

(8)

Winklevi^v⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: Cam Hardie| T: P D Evans| OR: 64| D

16/5

Latest win at Chelmsford City in January. 9/2, creditable second of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (16.6f) 8 days ago. Looks set for another major role.

Form: 659-122

(5)

Elmejor²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: R Havlin| T: K Jewell| OR: 62

11/1

Fifth of 7 in handicap (16/1) at Chelmsford City (16f) 23 days ago. Best to look elsewhere.

Form: 77700-5

(4)

Cheng Gong^p⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: T E Whelan| T: N B King| OR: 59

5/1

Visored for 1st time, third of 10 in handicap (50/1) at this C&D 7 days ago, having run of race. Cheekpieces back on and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 8121/53

(7)

Baroque Star¹³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: George Bass⁽³⁾| T: J Channon| OR: 62

15/2

22/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at Chelmsford City (14f). Off 133 days and likely to come up short once again.

Form: 3/05786-

(2)

Overstate^p⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Mollie Phillips⁽³⁾| T: S Edmunds| OR: 58

11/4

Blinkered for 1st time, tenth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW, 20/1) 52 days ago. Significantly up in trip starting out for new yard and cheekpieces back on. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 712500-

(1)

Reel Of Fortune^t³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: J Quinn| T: J Ryan| OR: 45

66/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 8 in handicap (40/1) at Chelmsford City (13.3f) 30 days ago. Up in trip and looks set for another struggle.

Form: 004/95-8

Non-Runners

(6)

Coeur Blimey²⁴

Weight: 9-12| Age: 12

T: Mrs S Gardner J: George Rooke

(3)

Campese¹⁰⁵

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: Mrs R Ford J: Tyler Saunders

Forecasts

Overstate (11/4), Winklevi (16/5), Yagan (10/3), Cheng Gong (5/1), Campese (7/1), Baroque Star (15/2), Elmejor (11/1), Coeur Blimey (16/1), Reel Of Fortune (66/1)

Preference is for CHENG GONG, who returned to form from out of the blue when third in a C&D handicap last week. He sported a first-time visor that day and it remains to be seen if he'll back that up with cheekpieces refitted in place of the visor, but he will have every chance off this 1 lb lower mark if the change of headgear doesn't prove detrimental. Yagan's latest effort was creditable and he will be a threat if responding well to the addition of blinkers, while Winklevi also merits respect.