KEMPTON PARK FLOODLIT HORSE RACING 2022 - MEETING #7 WEDNESDAY 23rd FEBRUARY

 

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. More football for me this weekend when AFC Wimbledon continue with their fight against relegation with an away trip to Bolton Wanderers last Saturday but got thumped 4-0 there then on Tuesday night we have another trip to Gillingham. We are still recovering from the recent storms too and generally not feeling very well at all.

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 so far we have been reasonable successful bar one meeting that was a wipe-out it still means we see a +12.533 points profit to take through to week seven.

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 with another successful lay last time around means we are now 8/10 (80%) after the opening meetings and hopefully we will have another successful season from January - December.

Tonight's meeting will be our 7th Wednesday evening twilight fixture year. This meeting appears to have a six race card to enjoy, with five of these handicaps on the card at present, will see if any races are divided later. We will begin late in the afternoon with our opening race which will now commence at 17:30 it's the opening handicap for apprentice jockey's contest over a mile, then we should end the card around about 20:00 with our final handicap over 10f+.

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 10C tonight.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;

17:30  Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Apprentice Handicap

1m  [Class 4  9 runners]

Owing to ill health haven't had the time to update things today, will put up basic selections only and hopefully will feel better soon. Tricolore [7th @16/1]  /  Proclaimer [Won @9/2].

Winner - (7) Proclaimer @9/2  [Oisin McSweeney].

18:00  Unibet Handicap (Div One)

7f  [Class 5  9 runners]

Rajmeister [4th @9/1]  /  Port Noir [7th @7/1].

Winner - (1) Thapa VC @11/8  [Rob Hornby].

18:30  Unibet Handicap (Div Two)

7f  [Class 5  9 runners]

Los Comachos [6th @14/1]  /  Blue Flame [2nd @7/4].

Winner - (2) Sayifyouwill @9/1  [Rob Hornby].

19:00  Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap

6f  [Class 4  11 runners]

Durdle Door [9th @4/1]  /  Enduring [3rd @6/1].

Winner - .

19:30  Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap (3yo)

6f  [Class 4  8 runners]

Golden Warrior [Won @4/1]  /  Shanko [2nd @11/4].

Winner - .

20:30  Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap

1m 2f 219y  [Class 4  8 runners]

Our finale on tonight's card, is a mid distance handicap.  Affwonn [4th @17/2]  /  Sage Advice [7th @20/1]
Winner - .

Staked - 12 points.       Returns - 10.5 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 has been reasonably good for the opening couple of months and we are still up by +12.533 points to SP returns coming into week seven.

Lays - 8/10 Looking for another good season 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 no Lay selections tonight.

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

KEMPTON PARK FLOODLIT HORSE RACING 2022 - MEETING #6 WEDNESDAY 16th FEBRUARY

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. More football for me this weekend when AFC Wimbledon continue with their fight against relegation with a home fixture against Sunderland at Plough Lane. Achieved a 1-1 draw despite a terrible referee who dished out 12 bookings in a game that hardly a war. This weekend we also have the NFL finale with Super Bowl LVI where the Cincinnati Bengals face the Los Angeles Rams into the early hours of Monday morning, a thrilling game at the end as the Rams scored to secure the win, Cooper Kupp voted MVP too.

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 so far the first five meetings were successful bar the last one but it still means a +16.325 points profit to take through to week six.

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 with another successful lay last time around means we are now 7/9 (77.77%) after the opening meetings and hopefully we will have another successful season from January - December.

Tonight's meeting will be our 6th Wednesday evening twilight fixture year. This meeting should have a seven race card to enjoy, with six handicaps on the card at present, having seen the opening handicap on the card divided. We will begin late in the afternoon with our opening race which will now commence at 17:00 with a seven furlong maiden contest, then we should end the card around about 20:30 with a classified stakes over six furlongs.

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 12C tonight.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;

17:30  Join Racing Tv Now Handicap (Div One)

1m  [Class 6  12 runners]

The opening one mile handicap has been divided and the first one can go to Headora [4th @16/1] has been runner up a couple of times and has other place form to count on but running out of chances to finally secure a handicap victory. Will be priced accordingly which will also apply to Villeurbanne [5th @9/1] who again has a couple of runner up races on the all weather and at Redcar, the penny should drop sooner or later, and with Tom Marquand booked the 14/1 might not last long.

Winner - (5) Dynakite @11/4f  [K Shoemark].

18:00  Join Racing Tv Now Handicap (Div Two)

1m  [Class 6  11 runners]

The second division is another open contest, a dozen line up for the mile start and we begin by picking a winner at Wolves in January Calonne [4th @15/2] has shown a liking for this trip, was well beaten over 6f here prior to that, but has plenty of win and place form over the mile albeit most efforts are up at Newcastle. While Recuerdame [9th @8/1] ran in a similar looking contest two weeks ago and was staying on at the end there so no reason to suggest they cannot go in and score once again with a 3lb rise, has Hollie Doyle in the saddle too which must be a plus here.

Winner - (2) Covert Mission @13/8f  [Daniel Muscutt].

18:30  Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap

1m  [Class 4  10 runners]

Freedom and Wheat [4th @8/1] a winner here three runs ago however that was nearly fourteen months back and has been lightly raced since that, still feasibly weighted in this line up and their most recent effort here last month is promising will race off a similar mark here tonight. While support for Proclaimer [Non Runner] should be noted, won four in a row (three of which were here) and has enjoyed a short break since, not too far above their final winning mark at Newcastle and with David Probert on board someone who is an expert on this track.

Winner - (6) Rogue Force @10/3  [Jack Mitchell].

19:30  Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap

6f  [Class 2  3 runners]

The best race in terms of class and only three are expected to line up now with Royal Pleasure already withdrawn. May Sonic won this last year and is likely to make a bold bid to repeat that but I will side with Papa Stour [WON @15/8] who won here last time out. The other runner who completes the field is Mohareb though might prefer Southwell and has been beaten in small fields before. A tricky race to call given the small field but should be run at a true pace and all in with a chance.

Winner - (4) Papa Stour @15/8  [Marco Ghiani].

20:00  Unibet Supporting Safe Gambling Fillies' Handicap

1m 3f 218y  [Class 5  7 runners]

Going with two big prices here against the field, Colonial Love [7th @66/1] a winner over 12f last summer now dropping back down the weights and with Georgia Dobbie's claim should feature. While Luna Magic [6th @33/1] was also successful twice last year and wouldn't have enjoyed the soft going that she experienced after that, a return to the all weather should see this experienced 8yo take a closer order again, it's possible her latest run came too soon after a good 3rd at Southwell.

Winner - (5) Allowed @9/4  [Rob Hornby].

20:30  Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Fillies' Handicap

1m  [Class 5  7 runners]

We end with another fillies handicap over a mile this time, while Hold Fast returns to try and repeat her win from last year but seems a short price so am going to side with the pair of Princesse Animale [6th @9/2] a regular winner and place efforts over at Lingfield last year, the 5yo mare is weighted to score again if in the mood. While Zoom Zoom Babe [WON @10/3] has been dropping in the weights though was successful over in Ireland, back to a mile should suit too and her jockey takes off a further 3lb.
Winner - (6) Zoom Zoom Babe @10/3  [Theodore Ladd].

Staked - 12 points.       Returns - 8.208 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 came to an end last time with no winners but we are still up by +16.325 points to SP returns coming into week six. Couple of winners tonight, and a small loss for the meeting of -3.792 points means that overall we are now +12.533 points in profit to SP.

Lays - 7/9 Looking for another good season 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. Another favourite beaten today, so that's 8/10.

Tonight's Lays;

17:00 - Take A Stand  [7f Maiden Stakes].  Lost 3rd@7/4f

We will have more midweek floodlit meetings in 2022, our next meeting will be held here on Wednesday 23rd February 2022. Keep well.

KEMPTON PARK FLOODLIT HORSE RACING 2022 - MEETING #5 WEDNESDAY 9th FEBRUARY

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 a fixture to face Charlton Athletic on the weekend, sadly they lost 3-2 there and host another game against the league one leaders Rotherham on Tuesday night at Plough Lane where they went down 0-1. Elsewhere the 2022 Winter Olympic games have begun in Beijing, and we are looking ahead to next weekend's Super Bowl LVI.

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 so far the first four meetings were successful which means a +24.325 points profit to take through to week five.

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 with another successful lay last time around means we are now 5/6 (83.33%) after the opening meetings and hopefully we will have another successful season from January - December.

This meeting will be our 5th Wednesday evening twilight fixture of the year. This meeting will have a seven race card to enjoy, four handicaps on the card at present, will see if any races are divided (doesn't appear so). We will begin late in the afternoon with our opening race which will now commence at 16:55 with a five furlong maiden contest, then we should end the card around about 20:00 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 12C tonight.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;

17:30  Unibet New Instant Roulette Handicap (3yo)

7f  [Class 6  9 runners]

The second race on the card is our opening handicap and it's for three year olds only, a field of ten have been declared on Monday headed by Deacs Delight for Paul Cole. However my first pick here is the handicap debutant Greyart [7th @8/1] who was fourth at this track last time in maiden company, now ridden by Marco Ghiani and ought to improve for the experience. Another horse who ran in that same race is the imaginatively named filly Ummsuquaim [2nd @8/1] who was runner up that time and with Hollie Doyle taking over in the saddle should have a big run in her again tonight.

Winner - (10) Gidwa @7/2  [David Probert].

18:30  Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Fillies' Handicap

1m  [Class 4  5 runners]

A small field of just five now for the fillies handicap over a mile, Amber Island (lay) makes a rare visit to this track (sole run here was back in Jan 2021) last of five at Lingfield last time, we will look elsewhere tonight. Arenas Del Tiempo looks interesting back down in grade has run well at Epsom, Sandown and Brighton last season and while this is a different surface to those has raced here in the early part of her career and likely to make a bold bid. The outsider of the five is Universal Effect a six year old, but a multiple all weather winner and the small field might be to her advantage if getting away on terms.

Winner - (4) Global Acclaim @9/4  [JP Fahy].

19:00  Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Fillies' Handicap

7f  [Class 5  5 runners]

Another fillies event up next, led by last time out scorer Khatwah, stayed on to to win that day and might well repeat tonight but looks way too short for us today. Runner up in that race was Eyes who once again tries again, likely to run their race again and no forlorn hope, will pair that one with Exuding who ran in another race on the same card again, runner up over six furlongs that day and the hope that this extra furlong brings out a bit more.

Winner - (1) Khatwah @10/11f  [Frederick Larson].

20:00  Join Racing TV Now Handicap

1m 7f 218y  [Class 6  12 runners]

The Resdev Way [2nd @7/1] might be a 9yo now but has shown still has the winning touch with a win last time out at Lingfield, Micky Hammond's inmate has been rated much higher than this lowly mark, and while no sure thing to go in again at least proved his well being with that last win. Tulane made most to win here going well clear and never caught, though unable to follow up a few days later that was in a non handicap event and most likely to make another bold bid in this line up.
Winner - (13) Smart Boyo @12/1  [Hollie Doyle].

Staked - 8 points.       Returns - Nil 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 +24.325 points to SP returns coming into week five. Sadly nothing to show for tonight, shame but it happens, so we have to take 8pts off our overall profit which is now down to +16.325 points to SP returns

Lays - 5/6 having let the 100% start slip with a winning favourite in the second meeting we at least got back to a beaten lay entry last time. Looking for another good season with the lays, aiming at favourites and not afraid to take on short odds on shots too. Two from three tonight, shame but never mind, means we are onto 7/9 now.

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 - Parlando  [1m 3yo Novice Stakes].  Lost 2nd @11/10f

18:30 - Amber Island  [1m Fillies Handicap]  Lost 3rd @4/1

19:00 - Khatwah  [7f Fillies Handicap].  Won @10/11f

We will have more midweek floodlit meetings in 2022, our next meeting will be held here on Wednesday 16th February 2022. Keep well.

KEMPTON PARK FLOODLIT HORSE RACING 2022 - MEETING #4 WEDNESDAY 2nd FEBRUARY

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 a home fixture to face Shrewsbury Town on the weekend where they came away with another point in a 1-1 draw and will hope for more with another home fixture on Tuesday evening as Cheltenham Town come to visit. While across the pond the NFL play offs continued with the Championship games deciding who will progress to Superbowl LVI which is now two weeks away, and that will now feature LA Rams vs Cincinnati Bengals at the SoFi Stadium the home of the Rams.

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 three meetings were successful which means a +13.575 points profit to take through to week four.

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, and a successful lay last time means we are now 4/5 (80%) and hopefully we will have another successful season from January - December.

Tonight's meeting will be our 4th Wednesday evening twilight fixture of the year. This meeting will now begin earlier than expected with an eight race card to enjoy, it would appear that all bar one event is a handicap tonight so we will be busy, especially now that the opening handicap has been divided into two. We will begin late in the afternoon with our opening race which will now commence at 16:55 with our first division of the class six mile handicap, then we should end the card around about 20:30 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 12C tonight.

Here are our handicap selections for tonight;

16:55  Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Handicap (Div One)
1m  [Class 6  9 runners]

A busy day for us with all bar one contest being a handicap, the opening race has been divided where Fact or Fable [WON @5/1] (L Keniry) the only course and distance winner in the line up and Jeremiah Johnson [2nd @4/1] (H Doyle) look the pair for us against the field in the opening handicap contest today. The latter has been going off at huge prices prior to a step up in trip in handicap company, returns to a mile today but this race lacks quality in depth.

Winner - (5) Fact Or Fable @5/1  [L Keniry].

17:30  Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Handicap (Div Two)
1m  [Class 6  10 runners]

The second division doesn't look that much better but a winner here two starts back Pedestal [2nd @11/2] returns to handicap company now and with 5lb claimer Harry Burns back in the saddle ought to go close once again off this mark. The 5yo mare Disarming [6th @10/1] is given another chance here, been running off slightly higher at Chelmsford needs to improve her starts though. Not a race to get too heavily involved.

Winner - (7) Recuerdame @10/3f  [Hollie Doyle].

18:30  Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Fillies' Handicap

1m 2f 219y  [Class 5  7 runners]

Fillies handicap now, eight were declared on Monday headed by Nuble [3rd @3/1] who has won her last four races and this is her second appearance at Kempton running into third over a mile back in November. No reason to think she cannot score again here today and one to follow while in good form. At the end of the handicap today is Typewritten [Non Runner] who is likely to be the main challenger from trainer Andrew Balding. The lightly raced 4yo filly has only raced three times and placed twice at Chelmsford before now.

Winner - (3) How Hard Can It Be @13/8f  [Hollie Doyle].

19:00  Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap

1m 2f 219y  [Class 4  9 runners]

Elmejor [5th @7/2] has improved since stepping up to the middle distance trips, winner at Chelmsford on two of his last three runs, upped another 3lb as a result yet expected to continue his good efforts.  Hat trick chasing Almufeed [WON @7/4f] is another to keep a close eye upon, young Grace McEntee has been in the saddle for those wins, pushed out to score again last time at Wolves and another strong bid expected tonight.

Winner - (9) Almufeed @7/4f  [Grace McEntee]

19:30  Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap

7f  [Class 4  10 runners]

Epsom Faithfull [WON @9/1] won a fillies contest here over this trip and also in a higher grade so should expect another good effort here tonight off a 2lb higher mark with 3lb claimer Rhys Clutterbuck keeping the ride. Enduring [5th @4/1f] has been consistent without winning, regularly placed and continues off this mark beaten less than a length on two occasions at this track in the past month or so and Georgia Dobie claims 3lb again on the 4yo and available at 10/1 so a place bet might also be in order.

Winner - (3) Epsom Faithfull @9/1  [Rhys Clutterbuck].

20:00  Unibet New Instant Roulette Handicap (3yo)

6f  [Class 5  6 runners]

A six furlong sprint for 3yo's is next up, a contest that top weight Sassy Rascal [3rd @16/5f] can use her all weather experience at another new course, slightly dropped in class and has Tom Marquand in the saddle replacing a 7lb claimer. Last time Red Showgirl [WON @4/1] raced she was a head second here at a big price with Hollie Doyle riding once again, lightly raced over these sprint trips but clearly well thought of by the yard and connections (tried in listed company quite early after a Lingfield win).

Winner - (3) Red Showgirl @4/1  [Hollie Doyle].

20:30  Join Racing TV Now Handicap

1m 7f 218y  [Class 6  7 runners]

The finale is for the stayers and must keep an eye on Smith [3rd @7/2] already a three time winner over this trip albeit at Lingfield was not too far away when last seen here and only couple of pound higher for the latest of those wins sure to give another good account with William Carson on board again. Elsewhere in the line up we give another chance to This One's For Fred [2nd @3/1] who was only denied by a nose here last time out when sent off favourite and trainer Alan King does well here with his all weather stayers and Martin Harley rides.
Winner - (5) Prince Abu @15/8f  [Cam Hardie].

Staked - 14 points.       Returns - 24.75 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 +13.575 points to SP returns coming into week four. Another winning week nice few winners tonight creating a +10.75 point profit tonight which means we are now +24.325 points ahead to a 1pt stake at SP.

Lays - 4/5 having let the 100% start slip with a winning favourite in the second meeting we at least got back to a beaten lay entry last time. Looking for another good season with the lays, aiming at favourites and not afraid to take on short odds on shots too. Single lay tonight was well beaten means we are 5/6 now.

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);

18:00 - Queen's Fair  [1m Fillies Novice Stakes]. Lost 4th @5/1

We will have more midweek floodlit meetings in 2022, our next meeting will be held here on Wednesday 9th February 2022. Keep well.

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.