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18:05 Kempton Park

Sharp Minds Betfair Apprentice Handicap (Class E) (Class E)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 35.88s
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Desert Island Disc

7/1

    2
    Silk -

    Head To Kerry (IRE)

    11/2

      1(5)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE stripe, striped sleeves, YELLOW cap

      Desert Island Disc

      9
      7/1
      • Form 030615
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-0

      tracked clear leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, ridden out

      2(7)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Red and White striped sleeves, Red cap

      Sudden Flight (IRE)

      14
      9/1
      • Form 004316
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-11

      held up mid-division, never dangerous

      3(2)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED sleeves, DARK GREEN spots and spots on cap

      Recount (FR)

      2
      2/1
      • Form 650023
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-9

      pulled hard, held up in rear, headway 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

      4(4)
      Silk - RED, ROYAL BLUE Cross of Lorraine, RED sleeves, WHITE armlets and star on RED cap

      Great View (IRE)

      15 v
      7/1
      • Form 124023
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-6

      held up mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened

      5(3)
      Silk - Purple, orange hoops, orange sleeves and cap

      Head To Kerry (IRE)

      5
      11/2
      • Form 003534
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10

      led, cleared over 10f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on

      6(6)
      Silk - Emerald Green, White spots, Emerald Green sleeves, White and Yellow quartered cap

      Most-Saucy

      4
      4/1
      • Form 345043
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-10

      in touch, ridden 3f out, kept on inside final furlong

      7(1)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow hoops, Royal Blue sleeves, Black and White hooped cap

      Escalade

      19
      12/1
      • Form 543435
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-2

      keen, held up, always in rear

      In depth

      Verdict

      A trappy little opener, where Recount may just have the edge over Sudden Flight and Desert Island Disc, though none of them can be totally dismissed. The selection comes here in form after finishing second and then third behind A One at Sandown and Windsor in the past week. Both those runs were over 10 furlongs, but he is back over 12 here for the first time in over a year and it can pay to take note. Staying on in both those two recent outings, this would appear to be ideal for him and he is already a distance winner at Leicester in the past off a 2lb higher mark. Today could well be the day to catch him. Sudden Flight drops back to this trip from two miles, over which he won at Chester on his penultimate start. He seems to go on any ground and is effective at trips from this upwards, so with a decent draw to help he can go very well. Top weight Desert Island Disc is also effective over trip and on this ground and was a comfortable winner of a Brighton classified two starts ago, before flopping in handicap company there last time. He should go well again here, but perhaps the handicapper has his measure at present. Of the remainder, Great View and Head To Kerry would have claims to some prize money, but we are happy to stick with Recount to get us off to a positive start.