KEMPTON PARK HORSE RACING 2021 - MEETING #14 WEDNESDAY 2nd JUNE

Welcome to Kempton Park racecourse a season of evening meetings following the events on a Wednesday night on the all weather flat track under the lights. We will continue blogging throughout 2021 till the end of the year. Started well this season pleasantly still ahead as we reach the end of May. Bit of a lull elsewhere for me, AFC Wimbledon ended their season the other week and we've sadly seen the departure of key player Joe Pigott who played a huge part in our surviving another season in League One. The Champions League was an all English affair and Chelsea beat Manchester City to lift the famous trophy for a second time. The Epsom Oaks / Derby will be held this Friday and Saturday. NFL Fixtures due out too shortly while the 2021 London games have also been confirmed for the Tottenham Stadium.

Returning to the horse racing all results here are reported to 1pt at Starting Prices (SP) we will be keeping a rolling record of profit/loss all the way through from January till the Boxing Day 'King George' fixture in December. A successful opening first quarter in 2021 means we arrive here with a +22.055 profit and will continue to keep a record to SP throughout the season.

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 33/49 (67.34%). We reset the counters for 2021 and will be continuing this throughout the year again. Currently standing at 13/18 (72%) after the latest meeting and we shall see how things progress during the year ahead. 

This week will be our fourteenth Wednesday evening meeting of the year and gladly this week we have begun to see the return to spectators on the racecourse not just the few owners. Tonight's meeting we shall now be expecting a nine race card with five handicaps for us to review. Our action will now commence at 16:35 with a 12f novice event, then we should end the card around about 20:50 with our final handicap event over just under two miles. 

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 somewhat warm and balmy afternoon and early evening with regular showers in the forecast but a higher temperature of around 26C tonight - hopefully by the time the next meeting arrives it will begin to stay dry for the spectators that will then be in attendance.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;

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7f  [Class 5  13 runners]

Our opening handicap on this expanded nine race card is wide open and we should see how VIVENCY [9th @33/1] can go running of the same mark she won from back in January. Is available at 16/1 and looks a good selection for the place market too at the very least, I also consider the chances of DIVINE MESSENGER [7th @14/1] who was runner up here off a higher mark and in a better grade, didn't seem to be as effective over mile since then and the return to seven furlongs surely gives him another opportunity also available at 20/1.
Winner - (3) Spirited Guest @11/1 [T P Queally].

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7f  [Class 4  10 runners]

ROYAL PLEASURE [2nd @8/11f] could well be a typical Sir Mark Prescott runner here, a winner twice at 7f will surely be aimed at longer trips soon and could well run up a decent sequence of results, impressive last time at Wolverhampton and sure to give a great account in this. JOIN FORCES [5th @7/1] another filly in her first handicap so plenty of unknowns, her success at Southwell was cosy (always had plenty in hand to win a neck) and James Doyle booked, one of many to be interested in.
Potential outsider - Adelita returning to the all weather and back to seven furlongs with Laura Pearson the regular jockey claiming 5lb, available at 20/1 here. 3rd 14/1
Winner - (1) Red Mirage @7/2 [Oisin Murphy].

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1m  [Class 4  14 runners]

A 3yo fillies handicap over the mile where PRIORITISE [4th @7/1] returns to Kempton after two good runs away at Wolves, winner last time when racing up with the pace and really should be involved in the finish here tonight with Oisin Murphy taking over in the saddle. VELVET AND STEEL [2nd @6/1] also returning to this track and her first handicap attempt, can improve having been staying on late at Nottingham last time, this won't take a world of winning and one that might even want a little further in time.
Winner - (6) Renaissance Rose @7/4 [W Buick].

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1m 3f 219y  [Class 3  7 runners]

Small fields to end the card with, this middle distance contest has seven runners headed by Galata Bridge, a good yardstick but this is his seasonal reappearance having been down the field back in October 2020 and might need this, still 7lb higher than the last of his wins last term. More appealing are the pair of runners in the Shadwell Estate silks, TAQAREER [3rd @7/2] (John Gosden) and ALMAREEKH [6th @6/1] (Sir Michael Stoute) the former was runner up here in April while the Stoute filly is having her first run this season but both can be supported against the field.

Winner - (4) Valyrian Steel @5/4f [David Egan].

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1m 7f 218y  [Class 4  5 runners]

The finale is for fillies and has attracted a small field of five, two have had a recent good run of form ended Indigo Times and Murhib which might mean that the handicapper has caught up with them now so will side with two others in this small field AL KOUT [Non Runner] / MUFTAKKER [4th @4/1] against the field. The other runner in the line up is Teqany who has been busy over the obstacles and hasn't raced on the flat for about three years, looks too short for me in the forecast market at time of publishing this.
Winner - (2) Indigo Times @5/2 [Callum Shepherd].

Staked -- 10 points.       Returns -- 1 points.
Results will appear here later during Wednesday evening. All results are accurate and recorded to SP returns to a 1pt win stake only and updated each meeting. Our winning start to 2021 continues and these first few months have proved to be successful even with the last meeting being a losing one our overall profit stands at +22.055 pts after meeting #13. We will update tonight's meeting #14 during the course of this evening. A frustrating evening with some places but no winners, loss of -9 points overall tonight so the profit total now left at +13.055 pts.

Lays -- 13/18 We had a good season last year again 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. Three successful lays tonight, one odds-on fav, so we improve to 16/21 now.

Tonight's Lays;

16:35 - Goolwa [1m 3f+ Novice Stakes]  Lost 4th

18:10 - Beheld [7f 3yo Novice Stakes]  Lost 2nd 5/6f

18:45 - Roscioli [7f 3yo Novice Stakes]  Lost 5th

The next midweek floodlit meeting here will be held on Wednesday 9th June so keep well and hopefully we can have a successful 2021.