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14:45 Kempton Park

Bet And Watch At bluesq.com Handicap (Class 5)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £3,500 added
  • Winner: £2,264
  • 2nd: £674
  • 3rd: £337
  • 4th: £168
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 5.87s
  • Off Time: 14:45:48
  • 12 Ran
1(1)
Silk - Red, red and white check sleeves
15/2
  • Form 086319
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 75

chased leaders on inside, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

2(12)
Silk - Yellow, emerald green cross belts, yellow and emerald green hooped sleeves, light green cap
6/1
  • Form 373454
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 74

held up in touch, smooth headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, led 1f out, stayed on well

3(10)
Silk - Maroon, maroon and grey check sleeves and cap
8/1
  • Form 720662
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 74

chased leader until 7f out, went 2nd again 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed 1f out, soon lost 2nd, weakened final 110 yards

4(7)
Silk - Maroon, Beige cross belts, Beige and Maroon chevrons on sleeves, Beige cap, Maroon star
  • Form 622122
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 73

held up in 7th, rapid headway round horses to press leader 7f out, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

5(6)
Silk - White, light green hoop
12/1
  • Form 032P02
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 72

steadied start, held up in last pair, wide straight, good headway on wide outside over 1f out, strong run to 3rd final 110 yards, almost snatched 2nd, no chance with winner

7(11)
Silk - RED, WHITE stars, DARK BLUE and WHITE striped sleeves
16/1
  • Form 042970
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 71

chased leaders, weakened over 2f out

8(13)
Silk - Dark blue, red spots, white sleeves
16/1
  • Form 456515
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 70

held up in 8th, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden to chase leadrs over 1f out, stayed on to 2nd final 110 yards, kept on, always held

9(8)
Silk - Emerald Green, Black epaulets, striped sleeves, Emerald Green cap
7/1
  • Form 726391
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 73

in touch 8f

10(3)
Silk - Yellow, Red disc, Red sleeves, Yellow armlets, Red cap
  • Form 900-018
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 69

held up in 9th, headway over 1f out, edging right when not clear run and switched left inside final furlong, stayed on

11(9)
Silk - Pink, Light Blue and Royal Blue chevrons on sleeves, Light Blue cap
40/1
  • Form 7621/00
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 68

always towards rear, never a factor

12(2)
Silk - Black, Orange spots, Black sleeves, Orange cap

Buddy Holly

54 CDCD
20/1
  • Form 130703
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 65

led, joined and pressed 7f out, ridden and headed 4f out, chased leader until 3f out, weakened quickly inside final 2f, behind and pulled up inside final furlong

13(5)
Silk - Red, grey cap

Bilidn

61
33/1
  • Form 676079
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-10
  • Official Rating 67

always behind, never on terms

6(4)
NR
  • Form 531-60
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 75

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

A tight handicap as most of these have been competing against each other of late. Hurricane Spirit is closely matched on today's revised terms with Understory and Sakhee's Pearl on their running over C&D last month and they're difficult to separate, while previous winner Hurricane Hymnbook was beaten by Choral Festival last time but the latter has subsequently finished behind OPUS MAXIMUS. Conor Dore's charge gets the tentative vote as he went very close in a higher grade race at Lingfield last week. Nibani and Heatherbird are not out of this either in a tough race to call.

Formwatch

Hurricane Spirit (IRE) 16-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, always behind, 9th of 14, 5l behind Choral Festival (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.

Sakhee's Pearl 7-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, almost snatched 3rd, 4th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Hurricane Spirit (9-4) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.

Understory (USA) 12-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and not quicken final 100 yards, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Hurricane Spirit (9-4) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.

Opus Maximus (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) In rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to press winner inside final furlong, not quicken close home, 2nd of 10, hd behind Emerald Wilderness (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

Nibani (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Dwelt in rear, headway over 3f out, ridden to press winner over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra and eased near finish, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Priceless Art (9-7) at Southwell 1m 3f mdn stks (5) fbs.

Classically (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 12th of 14, 16l behind True To Form (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

Choral Festival 11-1 (8-4) Close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 5th of 10, 4l behind Emerald Wilderness (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

Heatherbird 9-2 (8-12) Tracked leaders in 4th, headway on bit 2f out, challenged going well over 1f out, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov beating Shieldmaiden (8-12) by 1/2l, 7 ran.

Hurricane Hymnbook (USA) 4-1fav (9-0) Mid-division, effort over 1f out, soon beaten, 8th of 14, 5l behind Choral Festival (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.

Bengal Tiger 33-1 (8-8) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 14, 28l behind True To Form (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

Buddy Holly 14-1 (9-12) Tracked leader over 10f out until pushed along 3f out, chased leaders, went 2nd again 1f out, no chance with winner, weakened to 3rd final 75 yards, 3rd of 10, 7l behind Fascinating (9-11) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Oct.

Bilidn 11-1 (9-6) Raced wide close up, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 9th of 11, 15l behind So Wise (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Oct.

Corsican Boy 10-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, ridden on inside 3f out, no response, eased when no chance over 1f out, 10th of 11, 17l behind Sour Mash (9-7) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Sep.