Racecards
15:10 Kempton Park
32 Free At 32Red.com Classified Claiming Stakes (Class 6)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £2,500 added
- Winner: £1,617
- 2nd: £481
- 3rd: £240
- 4th: £120
- Form 07207-5
- Age 7
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Martin Harley
led, clear over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
- Form 9151/7-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer G G Margarson
- Jockey I Mongan
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 5367-15
- Age 6
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer A J McCabe
- Jockey S W Kelly
held up, not clear run over 2f out, soon switched slightly left, went close 2nd over 1f out, ridden inside furlong, outbattled
- Form 030779-
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer Miss O Olivia Maylam
- Jockey Miss J Ferguson
held up, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 127553-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer R Harris
- Jockey Raul Da Silva
held up, not much room on bend over 4f out and lost place, stayed on from over 1f out, unable to make an impression
- Form 312156-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer D Burchell
- Jockey Ryan Powell
prominent, ridden 3f out, stayed on same pace form over 1f out
- Form 62281-4
- Age 8
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey R Clark
held up in touch, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on gamely
Verdict
Desert Strike has done his recent winning over the minimum trip, including his latest win at Wolverhampton earlier this month, and STEVIE GEE makes more appeal. He could only manage fourth over 7f at Lingfield on Friday but had Lutine Charlie well behind when scoring over today's distance at the same track before that so gets the nod. Zip Lock has the past form to figure but is too inconsistent to trust, while dual 6f winner Speedfit Girl had just the one run last year and that was back in April.
Formwatch
Royal Intruder 22-1 (8-12) Raced alone in centre, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 6l behind Upper Lambourn (8-9) at Southwell 5f app clm stks 0-70 (6) fbs.
Speedfit Girl (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) Led stand side pair and overall leader until halfway, headed when groups merged over 2f out, soon lost place, last of 7, 18l behind Biaraafa (8-9) at Yarmouth 7f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.
Desert Strike 8-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not able to reach leaders, 5th of 10, 3l behind Cadeaux Pearl (8-10) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Zip Lock (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, not clear run and lost place over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 9th of 10, 14l behind Shifting Star (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sep.
Lutine Charlie (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Held up in touch, headway 2f out, effort over 1f out, soon no impression, 3rd of 8, 3l behind Stevie Gee (9-6) at Lingfield 6f sell stks (6) pol in Dec.
Royal Box 28-1 (10-0) Tracked leader, led 3f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 8l behind Archie Rice (11-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f am hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Stevie Gee (IRE) 7-2 (9-6) Tracked leaders, always travelling well, led entering final furlong, driven clear, ran on well, won at Lingfield 6f sell stks (6) pol in Dec beating Princess Dayna (9-1) by 2 1/2l, 8 ran.