KEMPTON PARK FLOODLIT HORSE RACING 2022 - MEETING #3 WEDNESDAY 26th 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. My side AFC Wimbledon continue with their fight against relegation with an away trip to face Burton Albion on the weekend where they came away with another point in a 1-1 draw and will hope for more with a home fixture on Tuesday evening when Ipswich Town came to visit and beat us 2-0. While over the pond the NFL play offs continue, with the Superbowl LVI fast approaching.

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 first two meetings were successful which means a +10.7 points profit to take through to week three.

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, but the second meeting only one beat, the other favourite wins, so we are 3/4 (75%) and hopefully we will have another successful season from January - December.

Tonight's meeting will be our 3rd Wednesday evening twilight fixture this year. This meeting will now begin earlier than expected with a seven race card to enjoy, we will now have the final five handicaps on the card tonight. We will begin late in the afternoon with our opening race which will now commence at 16:30 with seven furlong classified stakes, then we should end the card around about 19:35 with the final handicap contest a stayers 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 cloudy afternoon, but dry into the early evening while the temperature is not likely to get much higher than around 7C tonight.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;

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7f  [Class 5  9 runners]

Our first handicap on the card is for fillies only and we've a field of nine declared headed by Sky Blue Thinking who won four in a row last season and has peeked in the handicap now as a result, even with George Rooke's 3lb claim looks up against it here. Khatwah [Won @15/8f] has a 5lb penalty for her Wolves win two weeks ago but with jockey Frederick Larson claiming 7lb actually should score again tonight. Far From A Ruby [8th @13/2] looks interesting tonight, won the last time she visited this track and scored again at Wolves and her jockey Laura Pearson claims 3lb I think has a decent chance of another win.

Winner - (2) Khatwah @15/8f  [Frederick Larson].

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1m  [Class 5  12 runners]

Running over a mile now, a dozen runners at the declaration stage, headed by the consistent Stopnsearch though usually seen at Lingfield (all bar four runs there in total) so will oppose here. Instead will chance the pair of Kings Castle [10th @40/1] trained by Joseph Tuite and a rare all weather run but could be worth risking that while Last Mission [Won @7/2] (H J Evans) although yet to win has not had a lot of racing and gets in here with a low weight and good jockey in Dougie Costello.

Winner - (11) Last Mission @7/2  [D Costello].

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1m 2f 219y  [Class 4  4 runners]

Small field of five declared for this event, now reduced to four runners with the withdrawal of Charlie Arthur this morning. Morlaix seems likely to be well supported and his recent wins have come at Chelmsford, so preference is for Prince of Harts [Won @9/2] who has been fairly consistent on his turf runs along with Minister for Magic the filly has only raced twice so far and this could be a good opportunity for her to score having won a maiden in Ireland at 50/1 and soon moved yards to Harry Dunlop. The line up is completed by Kasperenko who ran poorly at Southwell last time out but dropped in class and might bounce back quickly, though overlooked by us today.

Winner - (2) Prince of Harts @9/2  [R Coakley].

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6f  [Class 5  9 runners]

Another former Irish trained runner here Notoriously Risky [5th @15/2] doesn't have an inspiring name does she but did win off higher rating at Chelmsford in December and with her jockey's 7lb claim looks well treated for this fillies event. The lightly raced 4yo Exuding [2nd @15/2] can go well at a decent price dropped in grade again and maybe keep an eye on Porterinthejungle for whenever she returns to her favoured Brighton racecourse.

Winner - (5) The Blue Bower @9/1  [Rob Hornby].

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1m 7f 218y  [Class 6  10 runners]

A stayers event to conclude tonight with and a field of ten at the declaration stage, while recent winners Frame Rate and Cinzento will certainly have plenty of support I am going to side with the pair of Pentimento [9th @13/2] (David Probert) along with The Worthy Brat [8th @9/2] (K Shoemark) as our pick against the field and both should be available at 10/1+. Noted that this race was won by a 66/1 shot last year, and therefore a shock result is not out of the question.
Winner - (4) Tulane @10/1  [Jonny Peate].

Staked - 10 points.       Returns - 12.875 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. A winning start to 2022, now up +10.7 points to SP returns coming into week three. A few winners tonight with a small but useful profit to SP and means we will now carry over +13.575 points profit to our next meeting.

Lays - 3/4 let the 100% start slip with a winning favourite last time, but still managed to get another beat and will see how we fare this time. Looking for another good season with the lays, aiming at favourites and not afraid to take on short odds on shots too. Success tonight so we are 4/5 for the season.

The plan will be for at least one or two each meeting and we will keep those results separate from the handicaps.

Tonight's Lay(s);

17:00 - Montesecco  [7f 3yo Maiden Stakes]. LOST 5th@11/4

We will have more midweek floodlit meetings in 2022, our fourth meeting will be held here on Wednesday 2nd February 2022. Keep well.