19:20 Kempton

Wednesday 9 July 2025

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Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 19:23 | Winning time: 3m 31.02s

(7)

Hydroplane^t³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: R Kingscote| T: Ian Williams| OR: 78| D

8/1

Back from lengthy absence when creditable third of 12 in handicap at Chester (2m, good) 39 days ago. Entitled to build on that and merits consideration.

Form: 16342/3

(6)

Star Legend^b⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Mason Paetel⁽⁷⁾| T: James Owen| OR: 77| D

16/1

Completed a quick Flat hat-trick in May/June and has recorded 2 placed efforts over hurdles since.

Form: 514111

(4)

Comte De Loir^p⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: James Doyle| T: J Ferguson| OR: 75| CD

7/2

C&D winner in January. Recorded a couple of creditable in-frame efforts in the spring and big player back from a short break.

Form: 85-2134

(8)

Kingdom Of Stars³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: T Ward| OR: 74

9/4

Runner-up over C&D in May and also a good second of 5 in handicap at Chelmsford (13f) since. Likely to be in the shake-up again under Colin Keane.

Form: 598-422

(9)

Gallant Lion^p1²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Oisin Murphy| T: Ian Williams| OR: 73| BF

7/1

Latest win at Chepstow (1½m) in May. 4/1, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Hamilton (11f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 388017

(3)

Molten Sea²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas| OR: 73| D

3/1

Third handicap success when accounting for 7 rivals over 1¾m at Nottingham in June and only narrowly denied when stepped back up to 2m at Chester since. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 621-912

(5)

Sun Dancer Girl²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Hutchinson| T: F O'Brien| OR: 72

33/1

Four Flat wins for Andrew Balding last year. Also runner-up twice on AW Flat at the start of 2025. Pulled up on Stratford hurdle debut for new connections 22 days ago and quickly reverts to the Flat.

Form: 4-26425

(1)

Capone⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 9-2| J: Ben Ffrench-Davis⁽⁵⁾| T: D J S Ffrench Davis| OR: 71| D

20/1

Went close on C&D reappearance in May. Pulled up early back here since.

Form: 2/837-2P

Non-Runners

(2)

Moel Arthur²⁸

Weight: 9-1| Age: 7

T: B R Johnson J: Rossa Ryan

Forecasts

Kingdom Of Stars (9/4), Molten Sea (3/1), Comte De Loir (7/2), Moel Arthur (11/2), Gallant Lion (7/1), Hydroplane (8/1), Star Legend (16/1), Capone (20/1), Sun Dancer Girl (33/1)

COMTE DE LOIR returns to the scene of his win in January and is taken to notch a second career success. Molten Sea is building up a solid handicap record and is next on the list ahead of Hydroplane, who shaped as if retaining most of this ability when third on his comeback run at Chester at the end of May.