KEMPTON PARK RACES 2020 -- WEDNESDAY NIGHTS #4 12th FEBRUARY

Kempton Park Racecourse on a Wednesday night we return to life on the all weather flat track again. All being well 2020 can be a good year for us.
Hasn't been the best of starts with losses incurred in the opening three meetings so far, it's a long season ahead of us though, and we've been close with several big price selections giving us some place returns at least but the results are recorded to 1pt Win only. Away from the racing we've enjoyed the end of the NFL Season with a win for Kansas City Chiefs in Superbowl LIV and the football might be having a "winter break" in the Premier League but for fans of AFC Wimbledon while we not getting the wins on the pitch, we have been raising money to ensure we can continue with our long term goal of returning to Plough Lane. We are a few weeks into the launch of a fans initiative the Plough Lane Bond hoping to raise a large chunk of the essential funds for the new stadium and already passed the £3.3 million mark within the opening few weeks since launch. All results here are reported to 1pt at Starting Prices (SP) and after meeting #3 we are sadly behind by -22.25, results to SP we will need to improve but have seen a number of big price placed selections so am not that far away.

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 had been fairly successful with our selections throughout last year managed to get plenty of favourites beat so we finished on 40/54 (74%). We reset the counters for 2020 and will be continuing this throughout the year again. Currently a mixed start with the favourites winning occasionally so we are 4 from 6 after the opening few meetings. 

This Wednesday is meeting number four for the 2020 AW season. Tonight we are expecting an eight race card where all bar one event are handicaps, the final seven furlong contest has been divided. The action will now commence about fifteen minutes earlier than originally expected at 17:00 with an apprentice handicap contest over mile and three furlongs and tonight's card ends around about 20:30 with our final handicap contest over a seven furlong trip. 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 and it's going to be very cold all day so we expect the temperature to reach single figures around 7C by the time the meeting gets underway. February chill still brrrr.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;
17:00 Racing TV Apprentice Handicap

(Class 7, 1m 2f 219y, 14 runners)

Time is short this week so for the moment just selections, hopefully can find time to update further later on. 
A very low grade event to start us off with and one that Never to Forget [14th 15/2] has a chance in even though is a lightly raced gelding for a 5yo his jockey is an experienced apprentice and is able to claim 3lb and won't find many easier races than this. Will High There Silver [4th 10/1] has at least won here, and placed a few times another with a 3lb apprentice in the saddle to help.

18:00 100% Profit Boost At 32RedSport.com Fillies' Handicap

(Class 5, 7f, 10 runners)

The 5yo mare Javelin [Non Runner] should go well here, winner and placed of higher marks and 10/1 is a good each way option while support for I'll Be Brief [4th 11/2], who has only four runs in the last couple of years, should be noted and is stepping up another furlong in trip which ought to help.

18:30 32Red.com Handicap (3yo)

(Class 5, 1m, 5 runners)

A surprisingly small field for this one with only five being declared, top one London Calling [5th Evens fav] a winner last time out here over 7f is stepped back to the 1m trip and in a small field given another shout at staying on. Red Jasper [3rd 20/1] has had more runs, mixes 7f/1m trips and was a winner up at Newcastle on penultimate start. All five have question marks over their ability to stay the mile, but these two have at least shown willing to run on well over the slightly shorter trips.

19:00 32Red Handicap

(Class 4, 1m, 8 runners)

Although not seen since last May the top weight here Intrepidly [WON 33/1!!] is fancied by us did win his maiden here, and has been placed off this same sort of mark so isn't a forlorn hope at all. While Delicate Kiss [7th 7/1] is our other selection now with a great chance of adding to recent wins here and looks on a good weight still for a mare in form and with a good attitude best to keep on side.

19:30 32Red Casino Handicap

(Class 5, 1m 7f 218y, 11 runners)

Baltic Eagle [8th 25/1] has been running over in Sweden with a handful of races in the UK so not a lot of form to consider and was eased at Lingfield of an inadequate trip so I am going to give them a chance now going back to staying contests and not many of the opposition are that outstanding. Manjaam [4th 2/1] does at least have a good run in him based on last time out second, and has tumbled down the weights so can finally make it into the winners enclosure again (won off 92, now rated 73).

20:00 Join Racing TV Now Handicap (Div 1)

(Class 6, 7f, 11 runners)

True Belief [2nd 11/4] Hasn't finished out of the first three in any of his last five starts, and has gone extremely close in defeat on four of those occasions so better than his bare figures suggest on the all weather and must be a place certainty at least tonight. Misu Pete [8th 25/1] was placed at 80/1 at Wolves last time, has run well for us on several occasions in the past and looks like could be in the mood to run another her. 16/1 another for the place markets too.

20:30 Join Racing TV Now Handicap (Div 2)

(Class 6, 7f, 11 runners)
Baashiq [6th 16/1] is still on a good mark and given another chance in a low level handicap to back up his Brighton and Wolverhampton wins with another around here. Disruptor might well still be a maiden but having started handicaps off a mark of 73 now gets to contest this off only 52. While the inform Elusif [Non Runner] has won three in a row and his excellent jockey helps out with her claim in this a race that the horse won last year for Hollie Doyle.

Staked -- 14 points.      Returns -- 36 points.

Results will appear here later during Wednesday evening. This season we started afresh and will try hard to stop going well behind but all results are accurate and recorded to SP returns to a 1pt win stake only and updated each meeting. A disappointing start to 2020 with just one winner creating an increased loss in meeting #3 of -22.25, results to SP we will need to improve. Wow what a great result, 33/1 winner and we are back in the game. This winner along with the non runners was enough to give us a +22 point profit tonight and that means the earlier losses are almost zero but we do carry over a -0.25 figure to the next meeting.

LAYS -- 4/6. We had a good season last year with the lays, aiming at favourites and not afraid to take on short odds on shots too. The plan will be for at least one or two each meeting and we will keep those results separate from the handicaps.

Tonight's Lays;

Will appear here...

Our next meeting for this year will be held next week on Wednesday 19th February hope you can join us.