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18:00 Kempton Park

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  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £7,250 added
  • Winner: £4,690
  • 2nd: £1,396
  • 3rd: £697
  • 4th: £349
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 18.09s
  • Off Time: 18:01:02
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Buckland (IRE)

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Reflect (IRE)

    5/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Royal blue and white check, royal blue sleeves

      Right Step

      128
      7/2
      • Form 600075-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 84

      held up last, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, went 4th close home, never nearer

      2(5)
      Silk - Dark blue, white spots on sleeves

      Focail Maith

      30 p CD
      9/4
      • Form 712-220
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 84

      chased leading pair, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      3(6)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow inverted triangle, sleeves and cap

      Ajeeb (USA)

      23 v
      10/1
      • Form 53-2258
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 79

      led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with winner final furlong, lost 2nd final strides

      4(3)
      Silk - White, Red epaulets, chevrons on sleeves, Red cap

      Dubawi Phantom

      9 p
      16/1
      • Form 000/059
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 79

      raced keeenly, chased leader until ridden over 3f out, hung right over 2f out, weakened soon after

      5(2)
      Silk - Black, Orange spots, Black sleeves, Orange seams and cap

      Sir Boss (IRE)

      16 C
      9/1
      • Form 1-13244
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 79

      held up in touch, went 3rd over 1f out, no impression when dropped to 4th inside final furlong, no extra in 5th close home

      6(1)
      Silk - Dark blue, light blue chevron, hooped sleeves and cap

      Buckland (IRE)

      12 C
      4/1
      • Form 83-4361
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 78

      chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, ridden 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear final furlong, easily

      7(7)
      Silk - Purple, pink stars, purple sleeves, pink spots, purple cap, pink star

      Reflect (IRE)

      35 t CD
      5/1
      • Form 624-251
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 76

      steadied start, held up in last pair, headway on inside 2f out, stayed in inside final furlong, went 2nd final strides, no chance with easy winner

      In depth

      Verdict

      A tight handicap as even Right Step has claims on his comeback with an apprentice's allowance in his favour. Reflect remains on a decent mark, despite a 3lb rise for his recent course and distance victory, while Buckland was returned a cosy winner over 1m2f here last time and can feature. Sir Boss should be in the mix again without quite being good enough and the inconsistent Dubawi Phantom has a shout on his earlier fifth to Aquilonius when he finished a length ahead of Ajeeb. However, the latter pair have something to find on collateral form with FOCAIL MAITH and John Ryan's charge gets the vote to return to form after a rare below-par effort at Lingfield.

      Formwatch

      Right Step 40-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, hampered after 1f, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 5th of 21, 5l behind Party Line (8-8) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) sft in Oct.

      Focail Maith 9-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 8f out, led 5f out, ridden and headed entering final 2f, weakened final furlong, 10th of 12, 8l behind Noble Silk (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Feb.

      Ajeeb (USA) 20-1 (8-7) Keen held up, ridden 3f out, effort on inside over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Aquilonius (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Feb.

      Dubawi Phantom 66-1 (9-0) In touch, lost action and lost place over 2f out, eased entering final 2f, virtually pulled up, last of 9, well behind Planteur (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Feb.

      Sir Boss (IRE) 8-1 (8-8) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, not reached leaders, 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Harry Buckle (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.

      Buckland (IRE) 4-1 (8-13) In touch, headway over 1f out, soon led, quickened clear inside final furlong, won at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb beating Travelling (8-8) by 2 3/4l, 6 ran.

      Reflect (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Took keen hold towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on strongly to lead post, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan beating Noguchi (9-3) by ns, 9 ran.