KEMPTON PARK FLOODLIT HORSE RACING 2022 - MEETING #2 WEDNESDAY 12th JANUARY

Welcome to Kempton Park racecourse as we begin 2022 with a fresh season of Wednesday evening meetings on the all weather flat track under the lights. We had a decent 2021 here on these Wednesday nights with a profit for the year to SP and shall aim for further success in 2022. Away the racing we've had our FA Cup tie against Boreham Wood and lost 2-0 to non league opposition, a really poor effort, so although the draw for the fourth round will be on Sunday it will no longer concern us, instead we continue to formulate plans for some days out and events including a visit to Cheltenham in March.

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. Last season saw an overall profit for the year to the tune of +25.465 points to SP. We will continue to keep a record to SP throughout the season again and week one was a winner so a +2.5 points profit to take through to week two.

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 38/52 (73.07%). We shall reset everything for the new year so that 2022 will begin afresh as it should be. Started well enough in week one with both lays beaten into second, so 2/2 (100%) and hopefully we will have another successful season from January - December.

This week will be our 2nd Wednesday evening meeting of the year. Tonight's meeting will now begin earlier than expected with an eight race card to enjoy, we will now have six handicaps tonight with the division of the mile race at 16:30. We will begin late in the afternoon with our opening race which will now commence at 16:00 with the opening 3yo handicap on our card run over six furlongs, then we should end the card around about 19:30 with the final contest stayers event over just under two miles. The best grade of race tonight is the Class 3 fillies handicap over seven furlongs [18:00].

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, but dry into the early evening while the temperature is not likely to get much higher than around 6C tonight.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;

16:00  Unibet New Instant Roulette Handicap (3yo)
6f  [Class 6  10 runners]

Our opening contest is for 3yo only a field of eleven where last years nursery winner Exceling [Won @6/5] looks to be a short price today for trainer Richard Hannon. Ran well when just being caught on the line at Lingfield last time out, a repeat of that should be sufficient here. Looking elsewhere at a bigger price is Madame Fenella [3rd @6/1] who was 80/1 last time when fourth after a difficult start, might run well again here if allowed to settle better early. 

Winner - (7) Exceling @6/5f  [S M Levey].

16:30  Join Racing TV Now Handicap (Div One)

1m  [Class 6  10 runners]

Three runs at big prices for Think Trigger [3rd @11/4] might not be the obvious one for many, but Gary Moore's inmate has tried three trips, the mile should be suitable and it's a lowly handicap mark to be starting off with so a decent price available too. While Mr Mac [6th @10/1] is another to consider even as an 8yo is dropping down the handicap and the mile trip looks okay with the latest run at Lingfield (3rd) showing there is still life and a race to be had, William Carver takes off another 3lb too.

Winner - (4) Dynakite @7/1  [Darragh Keenan].

17:00  Join Racing TV Now Handicap (Div Two)

1m  [Class 6  9 runners]

Division two doesn't look anything too fear Agent Of Fortune [2nd @11/8f] won last time out at Lingfield and if Mr Mac backs up that form in the first division tonight and has been running well here in the past too. Pedestal [Won @5/1] gets in at the bottom of the handicap here and runner up twice off this sort of mark could have a run in him today even if wins have been hard to come by.

Winner - (10) Pedestal @5/1  [Harry Burns].

17:30  Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap (3yo)

7f  [Class 4  7 runners]

A winner here over the trip in December Sydney Street [Won @6/4f] beat a decent type then and could well follow up in this company, Hugo Palmer's runner tracked the leaders that day and asserted himself in the final furlong. Newbury maiden winner American Kestrel [Non Runner] represents Richard Hannon and this is only his second handicap run for a trainer that does well here, stepping up in trip to seven furlong might be a question mark but at the price in a fairly small field worth the risk.

Winner - (1) Sydney Street @6/4f  [R Coakley].

18:30  Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day EBF Fillies' Handicap

7f  [Class 3  5 runners]

The ladies turn now although only seven declared and as there appears to be a fairly short priced favourite with Famille Rose will take two relative outsiders against the field here. Separate [Non Runner] once rated in the high 90s and now appears here off only 75, has several places in higher grades and could be one to take advantage at a decent price, also interested in Piselli Molli [2nd @14/1] with a 7lb claimer there to bring the mark down even further, faded over a mile trip at the beginning of the month so a return to seven furlongs more suitable.

Winner - (2) Epsom Faithfull @4/1  [Rhys Clutterbuck].

19:30  Try Our New Super Boosts At Unibet Handicap

1m 7f 218y  [Class 6  6 runners]

This Ones For Fred [2nd @5/4f] has been running well up at Wolverhampton and worth an interest in this stayers finale as appears to have found the longer trips to his liking for trainer Alan King. While also have a look at Liva [Won @13/2] a winner here in May last year and then runner up over this trip in June, certainly looks one of the more likely winners. Whereas Metal Man is going to go off the likely short priced favourite his staying victory came at Lingfield last time and has never run here before, also carries a penalty tonight so the call is to oppose here.
Winner - (4) Liva @13/2  [Josephine Gordon].

Staked - 12 points.       Returns - 20.2 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. Winning start, so up +2.5 points to SP returns coming into week two. A second winning week in January with several winners and one or two near misses too, up another +8.2 points today, thus +10.7 points to SP moving into the next meeting.

Lays - Started the first meeting with both lays beaten and so we are 2/2 as we come into this second meeting of 2022.

Starting again for the new year and looking for another good season with the lays, aiming at favourites and not afraid to take on short odds on shots too. One winner and one defeated favourite tonight, shame but still 3/4 overall.

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;

18:00 Tranquil Night  [7f Novice Stakes]. Won @4/5f

19:00 Bella Colorossa  [1m 3f+ Classified Stakes]. Lost 3rd @7/4f

We will have more midweek floodlit meetings in 2022, our third meeting will be held here on Wednesday 26th January 2022. Keep well.