17:25 Kempton

Wednesday 22 May 2024

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Unibet More Boosts In More Races Handicap

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 1m 38.74s

(1)

Cerulean Summer^t1²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: Dylan Cunha| OR: 64

50/1

Fair form when runner-up in a Wolverhampton maiden on second outing at 2 yrs. Last of 8 in handicap (8/1) at Newcastle (7.1f) 26 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Must improve.

Form: 32-88

(3)

Darroch^p1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 64

12/1

Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap at Brighton (7f, good, 10/1) 21 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. More needed.

Form: 3060-05

(10)

Fengari^p²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Oisin Murphy| T: Jack Jones| OR: 63

9/1

5/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 10 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, soft) 25 days ago, running on. Enters calculations despite high draw.

Form: 403-682

(12)

Baroque Buoy^t1³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Liam Wright⁽⁵⁾| T: George Scott| OR: 63

7/1

Well-backed and showed much improved when short-head second of 11 to Midnight Drive on handicap debut at this C&D 35 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Merits consideration despite wide draw.

Form: 6772

(7)

City Of Delight¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Kyle Strydom| T: D Menuisier| OR: 63

9/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good third of 7 in handicap (13/2) at Goodwood (8f, heavy) 19 days ago, nearest finish having seemed unsuited by track. Respected.

Form: 5047-3

(5)

New Kings Road²⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 62

6/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 13 in maiden at Windsor (6f, good to firm, 22/1). Off 8 months (gelded). Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Plenty to find on form from this opening ma.

Form: 786-

(11)

Nelson Rose^h²³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: T E Whelan| T: A West| OR: 61

100/1

Respectable fourth of 8 in nursery at Bath (5.7f, soft, 13/2). Off 7 months. Significantly up in trip. Hood back on. Bit to find on return.

Form: 245054-

(6)

True Blue Gent^b,t¹¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: M Botti| OR: 60| BF

13/2

Good second of 10 in handicap (9/4) at this C&D. Off 119 days. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 79092-2

(8)

Shaws Phoenix²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 58

16/1

Good second of 13 in handicap at Yarmouth (1m, good to firm, 17/2) on stable debut but raced too freely in testing conditions when ninth of 15 in handicap (9/2) at Wetherby (8f, soft) 24 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0564-29

(4)

Atlantic Gamble²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Marco Ghiani| T: W J Knight| OR: 56

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Still needed experience when seventh of 12 in handicap at Windsor (8.1f, good to soft, 9/1) 23 days ago, slowly away. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 86-97

(2)

Meet Me In Meraki¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: R Kingscote| T: P D Evans| OR: 56| D

11/1

Career best when winning 11-runner handicap (6/1) at Bath (8f, heavy) 16 days ago, keeping on well. Has to be taken seriously from 6 lb higher mark.

Form: 877-641

Non-Runners

(9)

Dashing Donkey²⁹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: W Stone J: K Shoemark

Forecasts

City Of Delight (9/4), New Kings Road (6/1), True Blue Gent (13/2), Atlantic Gamble (7/1), Baroque Buoy (7/1), Dashing Donkey (7/1), Fengari (9/1), Meet Me In Meraki (11/1), Darroch (12/1), Shaws Phoenix (16/1), Cerulean Summer (50/1), Nelson Rose (100/1)

MEET ME IN MERAKI found testing conditions well up his street when winning at Bath last time but had taken a step forward on the all-weather on his prior outing and a chance is taken that he'll progress again returned to a synthetic surface. City of Delight did well under the circumstances at Goodwood last time and is shortlisted, alongside Baroque Buoy.