15:40 Kempton
Tuesday 26 December 2017
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- 3YO plus | Class 3 | 2m 5f | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 14 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 5m 20.30s
T: P W MiddletonJ: Mr Tommie M O'Brien (5)
Tracked leaders, led approaching 2 out, stayed on strongly op 5/1
T: B PaulingJ: D A Jacob
Tracked leaders, headway to chase winner after 3 out, ridden between last 2, held flat op 10/3 tchd 7/2
T: B PaulingJ: Mr Alex Ferguson (7)
Held up towards rear, headway under pressure approaching 2 out, kept on same pace from last
T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Made most until approaching 2 out, one pace op 11/1
T: A KingJ: B J Geraghty
Mid-division, headway 3 out, effort 2 out, weakened last op 11/2 tchd 6/1
T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson
Mid-division, pushed along 3 out, no impression when blundered next op 25/1
T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke
Mid-division, headway 3 out, soon ridden, weakened between last 2 op 25/1
T: C GordonJ: Bryony Frost (5)
Close up, ridden after 3 out, weakened 2out
T: B I CaseJ: Adrian Heskin
Mid-division, weakened 2 out tchd 66/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: T J O'Brien
Towards rear, ridden 3 out, no impression op 16/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Held up towards rear, headway 3 out, weakened next
T: H FryJ: N D Fehily
Mid-division, weakened 3 out op 17/2
T: J & A O'NeillJ: Aidan Coleman
Always behind op 7/1
T: G & J MooreJ: Michael Heard (5)
Towards rear struggling halfway op 50/1
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Take To Heart31
Weight: 11-4| Age: 5
T: N J Henderson J: N de Boinville
NR
Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.90, £1.70, £4.30EX:£19.50Trifecta:£291.00Tricast:£141.06SF:£15.14Swingers:£3.30, £12.00, £17.90
Forecasts
Kildisart (3/1), Golan Fortune (7/2), Midnight Maestro (9/2), Dashing Oscar (15/2), Take To Heart (8/1), Doesyourdogbite (9/1), Connetable (12/1), Jaleo (14/1), Rothman (16/1), Whatduhavtoget (16/1), Wolfcatcher (20/1), Minella Charmer (28/1), Our Kaempfer (33/1), Shanroe Saint (40/1), Mr Fickle (66/1)
CONNETABLE hasn't enjoyed a great time of it in 2017 but he bounced back to form at Sandown recently over a longer trip and is appealingly weighted now dropped in distance if that was a sign that a corner has been turned. He can ensure former champion trainer Paul Nicholls leaves Kempton on Boxing Day with a smile on his face. Handicap debutant Kildisart is well worthy of consideration on the back of his maiden win at Ascot last time out while Dashing Oscar is bidding for a hat-trick after wins at Fontwell and Bangor and isn't easy to ignore. Golan Fortune runs from an unchanged mark after winning at Ascot on Saturday while Rothman has been running well lately and could do so again with his rider taking off 5lb.
- Connetable
- Kildisart
- Rothman
Prize Money
1st: £12,512.002nd: £3,696.003rd: £1,848.004th: £924.005th: £462.006th: £232.00
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