18:40 Kempton

Wednesday 23 October 2024

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Unibet Zero% Mission Handicap

Off time: 18:43 | Winning time: 1m 24.67s

(6)

Old Chums^p²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 74

14/1

3 wins from 12 runs this year. Latest win at Chester in June. Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap (12/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 26 days ago. Deserves respect.

Form: 019994

(5)

Speeding Bullet^b1⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Oisin Murphy| T: R Hannon| OR: 73| D

4/1

Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap (4/1) at Epsom (8.5f, heavy) 41 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Could get involved if the headgear perks him up.

Form: 4-95685

(2)

Thorntonledale Max³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock| OR: 73| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Winner here in August. Last of 8 in handicap (11/1) at Newbury (8f, soft) 32 days ago. Return to this track could suit.

Form: 352518

(8)

Rawaasi¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Harry Davies| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 72

17/2

4/1, creditable second of 11 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f) 18 days ago. Has lacked consistency to this point but may have a bigger effort in her.

Form: 332682

(7)

King David²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Hollie Doyle| T: M Botti| OR: 72| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Winner here in September. Good third of 11 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f, 7/2) 24 days ago, nearest finish. Merits consideration.

Form: 437713

(9)

Star Pupil¹⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Finley Marsh| T: R Hughes| OR: 70

14/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in April. Last of 10 in handicap (6/1) at this C&D. Off 140 days. Still not fully exposed, so not completely written off.

Form: 6-510

(4)

Paladin¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: N Callan| T: C Johnston| OR: 69| D

6/1

16/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Pontefract (8f, heavy) 16 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Others make more appeal.

Form: 1794-46

(1)

Berry Clever⁹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S De Sousa| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 62| CD

9/4

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this C&D (4/1) 9 days ago, comfortably. Leading claims under the penalty.

Form: 532541

(3)

Bated Breeze^p⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: D Egan| T: G & J Moore| OR: 58

50/1

13/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, sixth of 9 in handicap at Goodwood (6f, good) 61 days ago. Needs to bounce back after a break.

Form: 368496

Forecasts

Berry Clever (9/4), Speeding Bullet (4/1), King David (5/1), Paladin (6/1), Rawaasi (17/2), Thorntonledale Max (12/1), Old Chums (14/1), Star Pupil (14/1), Bated Breeze (50/1)

BERRY CLEVER found improvement to run out a cosy winner over C&D 9 days ago and is worth a chance to defy the penalty at the possible expense of the in-form King David. Rawaasi is another player if she can back up her return to form at Southwell recently.