Welcome to Kempton Park racecourse here for another evening meeting as we return to regular action on the all weather flat track under the lights but behind closed doors for the time being. We will keep blogging throughout 2020 till the end of the year. British horse racing has safely returned behind closed doors as part of a phased return for the sport. In doing so we will be introducing strict protocols designed to safeguard everyone's health and well being and to ensure that racing can take place safely behind closed doors. These measures have been developed in consultation with government and public health officials to help keep those attending safe and include:
- A three stage health check that all attendees on courses will have to pass;
- Strict social distancing measures on course
- Detailed new guidance for all participants on how they will have to do things differently on course in order that we can race safely and mitigate any risks.
Back to the horse racing all results here are reported to 1pt at Starting Prices (SP) our last meeting here a week ago, where sadly we dropped a few more points, we are now in October and after meeting #19 and some unfortunate near misses we found ourselves in a loss for the year to a figure of -55.685 points, results are always recorded to SP we will aim to get us back into the winners enclosure again soon and see further improvement in the results.
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 decent start with plenty of short priced favourites getting beat, another short priced fav beat last time we now have stats of 25/37 (67.65%) after the latest meeting.
This week we return with a Wednesday evening meeting during this interrupted period, this will be meeting #20 for the 2020 midweek season. Tonight we shall be expecting a nine race card with seven handicaps to keep us busy. The action will now commence at 16:15 with claiming stakes and we should end the card around about 20:15 with our final handicap contest over just under mile and half.
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 some rain expected the temperature to reach around 13C by the time the meeting gets underway a sure sign that Autumn is upon us now.Here are our handicap selections for tonight;
16:45 Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Nursery (Div One)
6f [Class 5 10 runners]
The opening 2yo Nursery Handicap has been split and in the opening division we have ACQUISITOR [3rd 16/1] who appeared to improve with each run to date and has a good jockey booking with Silvestre de Sousa. OLIVIA MARY [7th 12/1] is Jamie Osborne's filly and has some place form to date, should be in the mix, the yard know where and when to place their 2yo's to good effect.
17:15 Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Nursery (Div Two)
6f [Class 5 10 runners]
Division two isn't any easier to predict so the King Power Racing filly ARION FOX [Won 6/1] is respected here and I'll also go with LADY ROSETA [9th 40/1] under Ryan Moore in a wide open low level event.
17:45 Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap (Div One)
1m [Class 5 12 runners]
HILL HOLLOW [Non Runner] / LONDON CALLING [9th 18/1].
18:15 Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap (Div Two)
1m [Class 5 11 runners]
PRIZE FIGHTING [2nd 3/1] 3yo maiden for Clive Cox makes surface debut and has claims on recent Wolves third placing. TRUE BELIEVER [11th 7/1] [Mark Johnston] another 3yo with place form and dropped another few pounds by handicap should have chance in this company for top trainer.
19:15 Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap
1m 7f 218y [Class 4 8 runners]
Winner here last year and then at Lingfield IMPERIUM [Non Runner] could do this even with top weight, even his latest third place of a shorter trip reads well and is sure to be staying on. DANCE TO PARIS [Won 9/2] drops a few pounds again and has been runner up here over the trip, if Hollie Doyle can work some magic a win at decent odds is not out of the question.
19:45 Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap
1m 3f 219y [Class 3 6 runners]
The pick of tonight's handicap events and only six have been declared, Sandown handicap winner DUBLIN PHARAOH [2nd 15/2] for Roger Varian has a great pedigree and could win again if taking to the all weather, no reason why he shouldn't, while I also side with GALSWORTHY [5th 25/1] a wide margin winner of a maiden here in June and now gets into his first handicap for Adrian Nicholls having left the John Gosden yard since that win.
1m 3f 219y [Class 5 14 runners]
Our finale tonight, LET RIP [5th 17/2] top weight here and off a similar mark when runner up last month at this track, beaten only a neck, has to be given a good chance in this company. While I would also put in ARCTIC SEA [4th 40/1] who only has the three runs last year and has dropped by 5lbs which should help, was third here at a huge price last time out and the extra furlong might come into play too.
Staked -- 14 points. Returns -- 14.5 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 2020 so far now sees us behind after meeting #19 to the tune of -55.685 overall and we need some more winners to see this reduced soon. At least we did stop the losing run last week. Two winning weeks on the bounce, ok it was only just this time, but don't knock it we take ever small victory when we can especially in this weird and wonderful time. -55.185 behind going onto next week.
Lays -- 25/37. 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;
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 2020 so far now sees us behind after meeting #19 to the tune of -55.685 overall and we need some more winners to see this reduced soon. At least we did stop the losing run last week. Two winning weeks on the bounce, ok it was only just this time, but don't knock it we take ever small victory when we can especially in this weird and wonderful time. -55.185 behind going onto next week.
Lays -- 25/37. 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;
There are none for tonight so remain on 25/37.
Our next evening meeting here will be next week Wednesday 4th November hope you can join us again soon but most importantly remain safe and well.
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