Racecards
18:00 Kempton Park
Blue Square Claiming Stakes (Class 6)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £2,500 added
- Winner: £1,617
- 2nd: £481
- 3rd: £240
- 4th: £120
- Form 972062
- Age 2
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer Mrs K Burke
- Jockey Martin Harley
held up in 5th, smooth headway on outside over 3f out, challenged inside final furlong, stayed on to lead close home
- Form 201541
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 70
tracked leader, driven to challenge over 1f out, led and pushed left inside final furlong, stayed on, headed close home
- Form 00070
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 47
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey R Fitzpatrick
slowly into stride, held up last, pushed along and struggling in rear when hung badly right inside final 2f, tailed off
- Form 890
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 27
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
chased leading trio, pushed along from halfway, weakened over 2f out
Rafaella
17- Form 2858
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer H J L Dunlop
- Jockey J P Fahy
took keen hold, chased leading pair, ridden and weakened 1f out
Manderston
17- Form 544365
- Age 2
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey S De Sousa
led, clear 8f out until over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, driven and pressed over 1f out, edged left and narrowly headed inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards
- Form 073093
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer Miss Amy Weaver
- Jockey K T O'Neill
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
SNOWED IN has the best recent form and can follow up his recent win over a mile at this track. He's gone close on a couple of occasion over today's longer trip and makes more appeal than Priestley's Reward, who finished runner-up at Wolverhampton last Saturday. Rafaella has been placed once in maidens over shorter distances and may do better on her Polytrack debut, but it's hard to make a case for any of the remainder on what they've shown so far.
Formwatch
Priestley's Reward (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, headway on outside over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on to 2nd close home, no impression, 2nd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Docs Legacy (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Snowed In (IRE) 9-4fav (9-4) Held up towards rear of mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, edged right and kept on inside final furlong, won at Kempton 1m 2yo clm stks (6) pol in Sep beating Astraios (9-7) by 1 1/4l, 11 ran.
Hawkino (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Close up and keen, weakened 2f out, 13th of 15, 19l behind Regal Gold (9-9) at Yarmouth 1m 2yo hcp 0-60 (6) gd.
Cotes Du Rhone (IRE) 50-1 (8-12) Started slowly never going well in rear, ridden and struggling halfway, 11th of 13, 18l behind Yammos (8-9) at Windsor 1m 2yo sll (6) gd in Aug.
Rafaella 18-1 (8-3) With leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 9l behind Medieval Bishop (8-10) at Salisbury 7f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd.
Manderston 7-1 (8-7) With leader, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 15l behind Camrock Star (8-2) at Yarmouth 1m 2yo clm (6) gd.
Notnowstanley 11-1 (8-1) Held up in rear, behind over 2f out, went 5th inside final furlong, never any chance, 5th of 9, 16l behind Mr Knightley (9-1) at Kempton 7f 2yo clm stks (6) pol in Sep.
Angel Cake (IRE) 28-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 18, 10l behind Fiction Or Fact (9-8) at Redcar 1m 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Sep.