KEMPTON PARK RACES 2019 -- WEDNESDAY NIGHTS #27 30th October

Coming down to the final few months of this annual theme, was hopeful of a more productive second half to the year but we struggling a little. Still time though till we end 2019.

It's half term and Halloween which is not my cup of tea at all however the last few months action continues here at Kempton, over the weekend we saw England beat New Zealand and Wales lose against South Africa in the rugby world cup and the final between England v South Africa will be played next Saturday. No football for us last Saturday as Wimbledon would have been playing Bury FC so will take a break till our game against Lincoln this coming Saturday and instead we had a Cheltenham NH meeting to enjoy and Sunday is the NFL London game at Wembley where LA Rams beat Cincinnati Bengals 24-10.

Has been a very up and down year overall not just with the racing though the last month was encouraging so with the Autumn and Winter months to come we will continue to focus on the all weather horse racing now while the lights still shine brightly here at Kempton Park throughout this year. We are hopeful of better season than we experienced last year but it's just some fun and excitement to mix up the week we have found it hard and are more than a little behind to SP though it's something I will keep persevering with through to the end of the year. 

Let us move onward with this our twenty seventh Wednesday night of 2019, and will continue to focus on the handicap contests for each Wednesday evening meeting though we will also occasionally include a feature listed or conditions event too if there is one available. Keeping records of our endeavours to a 1 point level stake at SP, naturally we will personally be looking to get better odds than this but for the purpose of these results here we simply record SP returns only. Following our last meeting the deficit is currently on -58.32 points to SP returns overall. We continue to battle hard to reduce this and thankfully there is still a few months to get this back. 

Throughout the year we will keep up with our occasional lay opportunities of anticipated short priced favourites too. Naturally we will keep these results separately from the handicap figures we have been fairly successful with our selections so far and last meeting we managed to get another two odds on favourites beat so we are now 31/44 (70%+) we will continue with this through 2019.

This Wednesday will be meeting number twenty seven for the 2019 AW season and we are expecting an eight race card tonight and we have four handicaps to enjoy which should keep us plenty busy enough. The action which will now commence at 16:40 with a 6f claiming contest and tonight's card ends around about 20:10 with our final handicap contest over a shade under 1m 4f.

Here's a link to this Wednesday's race card; RACECARD

Going and Weather -- The going on the polytrack surface is described as 'standard to slow' and the current weather forecast for this Wednesday is for a lot of cloudy weather with a chill in the air so wrap up warm and more than a fair chance of showers so keep safe in the bars the best we expect the temperature to reach is around 11C by the time the meeting gets underway.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;

18:10 -- 1m Handicap.

Our first handicap tonight is over a mile and has attracted a field of 14 runners. The obvious choice is TAKEONEFORTHETEAM [3rd 9/1] who won a similar contest here two weeks ago and can follow up off a 5lb rise. I CAN [8th 10/1] is interesting in that he is trained by Sir Mark Todd (recently retired equestrian champion from New Zealand) so will see how that one gets on in the market too, along with TORO DORADO [Non Runner] who seems to prefer this track to the likes of Brighton.

19:10 -- 1m 7f 218y Handicap.

The stayers contest tonight has eleven runners declared and I'll be focusing on some proven stayers, which brings us to select the course and distance winners ASTROMACHIA [WON 11/8f] and KNIGHT CRUSADER [3rd 20/1] against the field. Of course there are other CD winners here, namely CASA COMIGO but at 6/4f that seems too short and might find his winning run come to an end tonight now upped 10lb against better opposition.

19:40 -- 1m 3f 219y Handicap (3yo).

Just the four runners for this event and interesting to see a runner from JP O'Brien here at Kempton, his GRANDMASTER FLASH [2nd 4/1] might just be "The Message" eh. The trainer is very keen on this one and was always expected to get a longer trip in time, even as a three year old this should be well within his grasp and the small field shouldn't hinder him at all. 

20:10 -- 1m 3f 219y Handicap.

Our finale tonight over just under mile and half can go to one of SWEET CELEBRATION [Marco Botti] [WON 7/1] runner up last time out at Wolves and this trip looks perfect or MINNELLI [PJ McBride] [Non Runner] a winner at both Wolves and last time out at Yarmouth is in form and could go in again at a reasonable price. Both are 3yo fillies and get the weight concessions as a result making them appealing value in this contest.

Staked -- 7 points.

Returns -- 12.375 points. [2 Winners 2 Non Runners]

Results will appear here later during Wednesday evening. This season we are sadly down by -58.32 points to SP returns. Now only couple more months of the season to go and we will end up with an additional meeting here for the King George Chase on Boxing Day. Clawed back +5.375 points this evening but still sadly -52.945 overall.

LAYS -- 31/44. Got our lay bets beat last week and we will try to find another one or two successful lay bets this time around and these will show up here later on tonight. Two more beaten selections tonight, so we move up to 33/46.

Tonight's Lays;

17:40 - ROSARDO SENORITA [1m Fillies] Lost 6th 4/1.
18:40 - PENTIMENTO [7f 3yo Novice] Lost 2nd 5/6f.

Our twenty eighth meeting for this year will be held next week on Wednesday 6th November so hope to see you then and throughout the rest of 2019 too.