18:45 Kempton

Saturday 17 February 2018

All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:15

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Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 1m 12.03s

1^st

(5)

Born To Finish

59-10

4/1f

T: J A OsborneJ: D C Costello

Held up well off the pace towards rear, headway towards inside and plenty to do over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led last strides op 11/4

2^nd

(6)

Major Valentine

69-5

6/1

T: J G M O'SheaJ: Fran Berry

Chased leader at strong pace and clear of field, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, headed final strides op 8/1

3^rd

(1)

Glory of Paris

49-9

12/1

T: B R MillmanJ: William Carson

Chased clear leading pair, closed over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, one pace in 3rd towards finish op 5/1 tchd 7/2

4^th

1 ¼

(7)

Nezar

79-8

10/1

T: D K IvoryJ: Jack Duern (3)

Off the pace in 5th, pushed along in 4th over 2f out, closed over 1f out, ridden disputing 2nd inside final furlong, rider dropped reins and outpaced in 4th towards finish op 5/1

5^th

(2)

Kinglami

99-0

20/1

T: J G M O'SheaJ: Josephine Gordon

Dwelt, off the pace in 6th, closed on inside over 1f out, 5th and no impression final furlong tchd 25/1

6^th

(12)

Pulsating

49-1

11/4

T: A WatsonJ: Edward Greatrex

Off the pace in 7th, some late headway, never able to threaten op 5/1

7^th

(3)

Deeds Not Words

78-8

20/1

T: M WighamJ: F Norton

Off the pace in 4th until over 2f out, no headway final furlong op 12/1

8^th

(11)

Bahamian Heights

79-7

12/1

T: P S McEnteeJ: Danny Brock

Went to post early, outpaced in rear, some late minor headway, never on terms op 20/1

9^th

2 ¼

(8)

Professor

89-7

16/1

T: W J KnightJ: M Harley

Slowly away, outpaced and always behind op 8/1

10^th

2 ½

(9)

Red Tycoon

69-0

16/1

T: K O Cunningham-BrownJ: K Shoemark

Led and set strong pace, headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong

Also Ran

N/A

(10)

Big Lachie

49-0

14/1

T: D M LoughnaneJ: B A Curtis

NonRunner

N/A

(4)

Inlawed

48-13

8/1

T: E WalkerJ: R Kingscote

NonRunner

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.60Pl:£1.30, £2.70, £2.00EX:£30.20Trifecta:£139.30Tricast:£125.05SF:£34.94Swingers:£5.90, £2.30, £8.90

Forecasts

Pulsating (11/4), Born To Finish (4/1), Major Valentine (6/1), Inlawed (8/1), Nezar (10/1), Glory of Paris (12/1), Bahamian Heights (12/1), Big Lachie (14/1), Professor (16/1), Red Tycoon (16/1), Kinglami (20/1), Deeds Not Words (20/1)

Plenty in with chances here seemingly, Born To Finish has a fair profile in this grade and should go well, while Glory of Paris is well worth paying attention to in the betting off a break as a previous course winner. Major Valentine and Nezar (first and second over C&D in April) could both mount a challenge but INLAWED gets the vote for in-form trainer Ed Walker. He won his first two starts here back in the autumn and ran well enough three weeks ago to suggest there is another prize within his grasp.

Inlawed
Born To Finish
Nezar

Previous Winners

2017

Dream Farr

Weight: 9-6 |Age: 4

J: Thomas Brown | T: E Walker

3/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,752.002nd: £1,116.003rd: £558.004th: £400.005th: £400.006th: £400.007th: £400.008th: £400.00