KEMPTON PARK HORSE RACING 2021 - MEETING #32 WEDNESDAY 1st DECEMBER

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 push on through the autumn still in profit and now into December for the final few meetings of 2021. Starting to get things organised for Christmas (wow) and elsewhere we have FA Cup games coming up this weekend, AFC Wimbledon will host their second round tie against Cheltenham Town hoping to progress into round three.

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 half of the year during 2021 went a little behind in July but now we are back in front as we ease towards the end of the season we are looking very healthy with profit for the season standing at +34.465 points with further success expected we 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 35/47 (74.44%) after another success at the latest meeting and we shall see how things progress as the end of the calendar year draws nearer. 

This week will be our 32nd Wednesday evening meeting of the year. Tonight's meeting will now begin earlier than expected with an eight race card to enjoy, we will still have five handicaps tonight plus a 2yo nursery contest. Also a valuable stakes contest (Wild Flower Stakes) over a trip just under mile and half which is due off at 17:30. We will begin early evening with our opening race which will commence at 16:00 with the opening two year old fillies stakes contest over six furlongs, then we should end the card around about 19:30 with the final handicap event which is run over a mile.

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 cloudy afternoon and early evening with a fair chance of some rain showers in the forecast while the temperature is not likely to get much higher than around 9C tonight.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;

16:30  Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Nursery (2yo)

6f  [Class 5  11 runners]

Our opening handicap event tonight is the 2yo Nursery event where Red Showgirl [2nd @18/1] can confirm her earlier promise when winning at Lingfield and this is a return to Kempton with Hollie Doyle riding a bonus. The opposition doesn't look anything out of the ordinary though Bluebell Way [9th @18/1] has had three reasonable runs at Bath and looks overpriced at 14/1 here.

Winner - (2) Poet @10/3  [Rossa Ryan].

17:00  Try Our New Super Boosts At Unibet Handicap

1m 3f 219y  [Class 5  12 runners]

Hashtagmetoo [10th @11/1] is very consistent in handicap company off this sort of mark and should run another strong race here with Saffie Osborne riding her 5lb claim could prove to be very valuable again. Looking to complete a hat trick is Ruby Red Empress [11th @16/1] has only been raised 2lb for that latest success at Newbury, although that was a race for amateur riders, now has James Doyle riding and looks dangerous in this line up.
Winner - (13) Meadow Sprit @13/2  [Marco Ghiani].

17:30  Unibet Wild Flower Stakes (Listed)

1m 3f 219y  [Class 1  7 runners]

Our featured event tonight is a listed affair where eight have been declared, where our first preference is for Alignak [6th @22/1] with Jamie Osborne's inmate already a winner over trip and higher mark, should have the race run to suit and Saffie can pick them off along the run for home. While this is a step up in grade for Garden Paradise [WON @12/1] it wouldn't come as a huge surprise for me and won rather easily at Wolves last time, worth a crack in this grade the 4yo filly has yet to run a bad race so far.
Winner - (6) Garden Paradise @12/1  [Rossa Ryan].

18:00  Unibet Handicap

1m 7f 218y  [Class 3  6 runners]

The stayers turn now, just a small field of six declared headed by Here And Now [3rd @5/1] a winner at Wolves last Autumn and only seen three times since this season races off a similar mark again today with the drop back into class three company and small field likely to be in his favour. Already a winner at Hamilton and Epsom this season Captain Haddock [4th @6/1] has another try at this longer trip, gets a nice bit of weight from the field and likely to be a good price too.
Winner - (3) Imperium @2/1jf  [James Doyle].

18:30  Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap

1m  [Class 4  12 runners]

Another mile contest with the former Irish trained Got The Moves [12th @10/1] given the nod here for S Williams, this looks easier than some of her races across the Irish Sea, has experience of the all weather there with place results at Dundalk and certainly of interest in the win/place markets tonight. A course and distance winner the 7yo Espresso Freddo [3rd @18/1] is my other selection again the field plenty of race experience and still popped up with a 33/1 second at Newmarket back in October. Was the winner of this race twelve months ago so no surprise to see another big effort tonight.
Winner - (2) Endured @11/4f  [Thore Hammer Hansen].

19:00  Unibet New Instant Roulette Handicap (Div One)
1m  [Class 6  12 runners]

Our final handicap event has been split the first division can go to Desert Land [3rd @11/8f] after a couple of place efforts at Lingfield dropped a little further by the handicapper with 7lb claimer Christian Howarth keeping the ride, has to be in with another shout of a place at least here. English Spirit [xth @10/1] is still a maiden but won't find many more lower class opportunities outside of claiming company than this, that the market already has him in the upper half speaks volumes for the level.

Winner - (5) Lucayan @6/4  [David Probert].

19:30  Unibet New Instant Roulette Handicap (Div Two)
1m  [Class 6  13 runners]

The second division doesn't look any better than the first, although there appears to be a little more experience to be found, our pair against the field would be Mr Mac [9th @40/1] and Chetan [10th @40/1]. Mr Mac is a seven year old almost exclusively found on the all weather surfaces, has had a break since last run at Lingfield in May this year, this is certainly his level on a rare visit away from his favourite Lingfield track. Chetan is a 9yo and another who's had a break since May but does still have races in him and shouldn't be ignored. Mollie Phillips claims a useful 5lb too for this experienced course and distance performer. Both are priced around 50/1 so going for a decent place bet too.

Winner - (7) Fitzrovia @13/2  [Rossa Ryan].

Staked - 14 points.       Returns - 13 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 has continued and we remain in front to the tune of +34.465 points to a level stake at SP coming into this week's 31st meeting. A nice winner, some good price place success too but still a 1pt loss tonight, still leaves us nicely ahead though +33.465 points to SP.

Lays - 36/48 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. These continue to go quite well given we are into the final few months of the year, and they are generally very short prices, including another successful fav beaten during the last few meetings. The plan will be for at least one or two each meeting and we will keep those results separate from the handicaps. Mixed results tonight, first fav won, but the second got turned over at much shorter odds, so not so bad overall. 

Tonight's Lays;

16:00 - Burning Emotion  [6f 2yo Fillies Novice]. Won @9/4f

17:30 - Siskany  [1m 3f+ Wild Flower Listed Stakes]. Lost @2/5f

We will have another midweek floodlit meeting here on Wednesday 8th December so keep well and hopefully we can have a successful 2021.