16:30 Kempton
Tuesday 1 April 2025
All14:2214:5215:2215:5516:3017:05
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- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  2m  |  Good  |  6 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 16:30Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 3m 54.21s
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Dual hurdles winner who showed improved form to make a winning chase debut at Newton Abbot last summer. Similar form in defeat next 3 starts but latest effort at Doncaster wasn't one of his better ones and he looks vulnerable back hurdling.
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Landed a hat-trick in 2m Ascot handicap last March last year. Well below par so far this season but he has slipped to an attractive mark as a result (now 5 lb lower than for that Ascot success) and will be a danger to all if the first-time blinkers give him a lift.
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Showed further improvement to complete the hat-trick in 14-runner handicap at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good to soft) in October, going with enthusiasm. Wasn't seen to best effect when fourth of 7 at Doncaster the following month but he's probably a shade too high in the weights for now in any case.
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Belatedly added to Sedgefield maiden hurdle success back in 2023 when belying odds of 20/1 returned to this sphere with usual headgear omitted at Southwell (20.4f, good to soft) recently. 6 lb rise tolerable but he's by no means an obvious follow-up candidate.
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Didn't achieve much in a pair of bumpers last season and pulled up on hurdles debut in December. However, he has looked a different proposition for his new yard the last twice, latterly landing a maiden at Hereford (19.7f, good) in good style, and he has to be feared now handicapping.
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Fair Flat winner who made all in juvenile hurdle at Doncaster in December 2023. Performed with credit on the level a couple of times last year but ran no sort of a race back hurdling for new connections at Warwick.
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Forecasts
Royal Way (7/4), Lions Peak (9/5), Thank You Blue (9/2), Prolific Profile (7/1), Hidalgo De L'isle (12/1), Whispering Royal (80/1)
ROYAL WAY is admittedly risky on the back of a string of poor efforts but he has been given a chance by the handicapper and it could be worth taking a chance on the 5-y-o in the hope that the addition of blinkers helps spark a return to form. The main danger is the unexposed Lions Peak, who did the job well in a Hereford maiden on his second run for this yard and goes handicapping off what looks a fair opening mark. Thank You Blue is third choice.
- Royal Way7/4
- Lions Peak9/5
Prize Money
1st: £5,281.002nd: £2,430.003rd: £1,215.004th: £608.005th: £303.00
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