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18:00 Kempton Park

Book William Hill Winter Festival Handicap (Jockey Club Grassroots Middle Distance Series Qualifier) (Class 5)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £4,000 added
  • Winner: £2,588
  • 2nd: £770
  • 3rd: £385
  • 4th: £192
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 5.49s
  • Off Time: 18:00:23
  • 11 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue sash, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, striped cap
9/1
  • Form 394205
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-12
  • Official Rating 70

held up towards rear, slightly hampered over 6f out, going for run when hampered on inside over 3f out, headway on inner over 1f out, run flattened out final furlong

2(10)
Silk - Dark Blue, White triple diamond, halved sleeves, Dark Blue and White check cap
  • Form 8-88664
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 67

held up towards rear, good headway on outside over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, strong challenge close home, just failed

3(7)
Silk - Orange and white diamonds, white sleeves, orange armlets, orange cap

Precision Five

14 p BFD
8/1
  • Form 441213
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 66

tracking leaders in 5th when steadied off heels over 6f out, headway to 3rd over 3f out, ridden disputing 2nd inside final furlong, no extra in 4th post

4(9)
Silk - Royal Blue, Beige epaulets, Beige cap, Royal Blue star
14/1
  • Form 36/399-2
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 66

held up in rear, never involved

5(2)
Silk - White, Emerald Green hoops, Dark Blue sleeves and cap
12/1
  • Form 7598
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 70

tracked leader until pushed along over 3f out, weakened rapidly, virtually pulled up final 2f, tailed off

6(1)
Silk - Light Blue, Yellow stars on sleeves, Light Blue cap, Yellow star
20/1
  • Form 8-99643
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 63

led, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong,

7(5)
Silk - White, purple hoop
  • Form 6-48
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 68

chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and no impression when slightly hampered over 1f out, soon switched left, stayed on in closing stages, not pace to threaten

8(11)
Silk - ORANGE, BLACK hoop, WHITE cap

Compton Bird

9 h C
8/1
  • Form 7-09331
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 59

held up towards rear, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong, never involved

9(8)
Silk - White, purple disc, sleeves and cap
9/1
  • Form 97-0434
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 56

took keen hold in mid-division, headway on outside under pressure over 1f out, ridden disputing 2nd inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards

10(3)
Silk - Royal blue, yellow triple diamond, striped sleeves, yellow cap, royal blue star
  • Form 079172
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 63

tracked leading pair, went 2nd approaching final 3f, led over 1f out, hard ridden inside final furlong, held on gamely, all out

11(6)
Silk - Grey, maroon chevron, maroon and grey halved sleeves
16/1
  • Form 95-3191
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 53

held up towards rear, switched sharply left well over 1f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd last stride

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Plenty with claims in this including recent course and distance winner Jamaica Grade. My Manekineko finished ahead of Exclusive Waters when fourth at Leicester last time while Compton Bird was an easy winner over 1m3f here last week but has been upped 8lb for that success. Precision Five couldn't cope with a 9lb rise for winning at Bath and was well beaten back at the same track but Cool Hand Jake is worth another try at this longer trip on only his second start of the year. EVERLASTING NIGHT had an off-day at Newbury last time but she gets another chance on her handicap debut given she'd shown some promise before that.

Formwatch

Whitby Jet (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Dwelt behind, ridden 3f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders, 5th of 8, 6l behind Lunar Deity (9-13) at Epsom Downs 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Aug.

Woolston Ferry (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Slowly into stide, held up in rear, pushed along on outside 3f out, headway over 1f out, went 4th and edged left inside final furlong, no threat, 4th of 8, 5l behind Lowther (10-0) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Aug.

Precision Five 5-2fav (9-10) Held up towards rear, ridden and carried head high over 3f out, headway entering final furlong, kept on, nearest finish, 3rd of 7, 4l behind Bold Cross (9-11) at Bath 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) fm in Aug.

Cool Hand Jake 14-1 (10-0) Towards rear and outpaced, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, just held near finish, 2nd of 13, nk behind Tevez (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Aug.

Bravestar (IRE) 15-2 (9-1) Mid-division on outer, riden over 1f out, soon weakened, 8th of 10, 17l behind Mallory Heights (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Aug.

Claude Monet 10-1 (9-7) Dwelt keen close up, ridden 3f out, kept on to go 3rd final furlong, not troubled leaders, 3rd of 6, 13l behind Remix (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Aug.

Everlasting Light 20-1 (8-13) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 21l behind Bonanza Creek (8-13) at Newbury 1m 2f fll mdn stks (5) gd in Aug.

Compton Bird 7-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, good headway over 1f out, soon ridden, led entering final furlong, stayed on strongly, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol beating Lucky Black Star (8-13) by 4 1/2l, 12 ran.

My Manekineko 12-1 (9-7) Keen close up, effort on inside over 2f out, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 4th of 13, 2 1/4l behind Ana Shababiya (8-7) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Aug.

Exclusive Waters (IRE) 7-2fav (9-3) Towards rear and reminders, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed, kept on, 2nd of 13, hd behind Silver Lace (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-65) (6) pol.

Jamaica Grande 16-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, steady headway on inside over 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, chased leader inside final furlong, stayed on to lead final 100 yards, won at Kempton 1m 2f stks 0-55 (6) pol beating Nepalese Pearl (8-11) by 3/4l, 9 ran.