KEMPTON PARK AW MEETING WEDNESDAY 29th OCTOBER 2014

Looking ahead to the midweek card at Kempton Park we've a bumper 8 races to enjoy and 6 Handicaps which will begin early at 4.55pm. 

Under the lights in Sunbury is still a popular attraction and the opening 1m 2f event has been split into two divisions. 


4.55 -- Always Resolute 5th / Snow Conditions 4th

5.25 -- Bowsers Bold 7th  / Aldo W/D 

6.55 -- Cool Bahamian  WON 8/1 / Birdman 11th

7.25 -- Chapter and Verse 8th / Yojojo  6th

7.55 -- The Yank  NR  / Awesome Rock  6th

8.25 -- Fair Ranger 10th / Club House  9th 


Results will be updated in the evening, and don't forget that next weekend [Sat 8th Nov] is the popular Kempton Fireworks night which is organised by the Staines Round Table and other local groups.

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WOLVERHAMPTON SAT EVENING 25th OCTOBER

Checking out the handicaps from the Saturday evening fixture at Wolverhampton. Our plan this winter is to keep ticking over on the AW action on Wednesday evenings at Kempton Park and the Saturday evenings at Wolves. 

We've 4 handicap contests to have a look through for tonight, and as usual we are looking to find some interesting each way selections rather than focusing on the obvious favs. 

Our first handicap is at 6.45 over 7f
Godolphin have a runner here with Pretend and the 3yo will probably go off favourite, but I'm looking at EXPOSE [9th 14/1] who had couple of good wins at Ayr and Doncaster and a repeat of either of those should be good enough is 14/1. 

7.45 - Just the seven declared here for the 5f sprint, Bush Beauty picked up a win in an apprentice handicap and has top weight for this, which suggests this isn't the strongest race you'll see. DYNAMO WALT ran well last time in a big field, and should appreciate this company more, they all seem closely matched and the market will be a good guide if one has a stronger chance. 

8.15 - Star Anise is the obvious one here going for a hat-trick of wins at Wolves off a 5lb higher mark. So a chance is taken with BOWBERRY [2nd 16/1] who clipped heels and unseated last time out and has struggled a bit in maidens, this low key handicap might be a better bet for a place if the fav prevails.

8.45 - Probably another fav with EVACUSAFE LADY [4th 7/2] looking good with a 5lb rise for yet another win here, seems to be in great form and the rest aren't up to much unless the Godolphin filly Tayma improves on her handicap debut.


Results to be updated on Saturday evening.

KEMPTON PARK AW MEETING WEDNESDAY 22nd OCTOBER 2014

A run of the mill evening 8 race appears before us for Wednesday and we've got 3 Maiden contests, a 2yo Nursery, a classified race and 3 handicaps to enjoy. 

Not a big fan of betting on the end of season maidens you will get a lot of false results with big improvements in form as horses begin to tire / mature later as Autumn descends. 

For the purpose of this update we will only look at the Handicaps and try and find ourselves the odd winner amongst them. (unless there is something running in one of the other races that screams out to be supported). 

5.55 Kempton Park 1m 2f
14 line up for this 10f handicap contest, looks wide open with no recent winners in the field I feel an outsider will spring a surprise tonight. 

Hidden Asset has been running recently on Wolves new tapeta surface and is overlooked for that reason, Mercury Music also ran well there a few weeks back and is in good heart but we side with Warbond [9th 16/1] and Claude Greenwood [3rd 20/1] who both trade about 16/1 both up in trip, the former a course winner, the latter didn't like the heavy going at Brighton and will find this much more suitable. 


7.55 Kempton Park 1m
For a horse to have so many 1111s next to his name it's unusual not to see It's Only Business at the head of the market, apparently was reported lame after a recent win over hurdles and it must be taken on trust his well-being tonight, is currently on offer at 33/1. 

NATHR [4th 4/1] should be competitive off this mark which is the same as his maiden win a few weeks ago, Paul Hanagan comes down from Newmarket this afternoon to ride, probably his best chance from his three rides tonight.


8.55 Kempton Park 7f
EXCHEQUER [6th 15/8] is clearly the first to be interested in having a record of 2 wins from 2 starts at Kempton and with a decent 3lb claimer (Cam Hardie) on board is in good form and well deserved favourite in this field.

At longer odds REPETITION [12th 25/1] has been tried in better company than this at York and Chester and might find the drop in grade helps.

PONTEFRACT HORSE RACING SYSTEM -- 2014 TURF SEASON -- PART SIXTEEN

PONTEFRACT SEASON 2014

[Monday 20th October]

THE FINALE

This is our sixteenth and final meeting of the season from Pontefract, and we'll be praying for an awesome finish to another season which promised so much in the early months but has sadly gone into free-fall though thankfully it hasn't actually going down in flames. 

The system peaked at +31 points in June so slightly disappointed that it's down to a fraction over break even as we go into the final meeting. Though that was to 1pt level stakes at SP and it should have been possible to beat that plus use the place markets to effect, which is something we will look into next season. 

Our strategy will still keep records to the SP result, but we will look into taking advised prices, and a staking plan on the place market as well and these will be recorded separately over the course of the 2015 season.

So lets have a look at the final meeting of the 2014 Season, once again it's an eight race card which will start at 2.10pm. The Going reports and weather should be available over the weekend and will be updated here. 

2.10 -- DARK WAVE [WON 4/1], SERAFFIMO [5th 100/1]

2.40 -- ILLUMINATION [11th 33/1], POPPY IN THE WIND [5th 12/1]

3.10 -- COME ON DAVE [4th 11/1], CHEWOREE [15th 7/1]

3.40 -- POWER PLAY [6th 5/1], TEOFILO'S PRINCESS [2nd 14/1]

4.10 -- GALUPPI [2nd 10/11], WISKEE LIL [8th 33/1]

4.40 -- MADAM LILIBET [WON 7/1], BALBONI [N/R]

5.10 -- BUREAU [5th 7/2], ARDMAY [3rd 9/2]

5.40 -- ESCAPE TO GLORY [6th 16/1], BARREN BROOK [3rd 4/1]

The days feature race is at 3.40, it's 1m listed contest for 2YO only formally known as the "EBF Totepool Silver Tankard Stakes" and of the 8 declared runners we fancy the Richard Hannon trained POWER PLAY to come out on top buoyed by his drawing the No.1 stall, will be equally pleased if Teofilo's Princess wins as she is drawn in stall 2. (She was placed 2nd 14/1 from 20s)

That is all for 2014 from Pontefract, we will be back with more next season, for the rest of this year the blog will look at NH meetings on the weekend and the Wed / Sat night meetings on the AW.

A break even day and that's us for the season. Not bad though we didn't lose and I believe we can push on next year. Have fun.

PONTEFRACT HORSE RACING SYSTEM -- 2014 TURF SEASON -- PART FIFTEEN

PONTEFRACT SEASON 2014

[Monday 6th October]

This is our fifteenth meeting of the season from Pontefract, and we'll be praying for an awesome finish to the season. 

Personally I shall be making my way back from Paris as I am attending the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting on Sunday. 

Paris or Yorkshire ... I'm sure they are both great, though I bet you can't get a decent Sunday roast in Paris though !!! [Yorkshire 'n Gravy ... but I digress]

Overall the season has been going well and while not spectacular it peaked early and after that we have been levelling off a bit. It's still been a system that has potential and thus far we are more than satisfied with our current standing still showing an overall profit [albeit a diminishing one] of +1.28 points to a 1 point level unit stake at SP. 

Monday's 7-race card will start at 2.10;

 2.10 -- EGMONT [8th 100/1], BIG BAD JACK [11th 25/1]

 2.40 -- ARTHUR MARTINLEAKE [3rd 7/4], USE YOUR FILBERT [N/R]

 3.10 -- MOOHAARIB [WON 3/1], POTENT EMBRACE [6th 9/2]

 3.40 -- BRIGHT ABBEY [N/R], HELL HATH NO FURY [4th 33/1]

 4.10 -- RANGI CHASE [WON 5/1], MR McLAREN [3rd 2/1]

 4.40 -- MISTER UNO [11th 12/1], LUCKY JIM [6th 6/1]

 5.10 -- WISKEE LIL [], ISABELLA BIRD [N/R] 

Results will appear here later on Monday afternoon depending what time I get back and how much champagne I had the day before. 

The FINAL 2014 race meeting from Pontefract will take place on Monday 20th October. 

Down 1 point today after only a couple of winners, we head towards the final meeting of the season almost level for the season so it will be the make or break meeting of the year.