Racecards
20:10 Kempton Park
32Red Handicap (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 3f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £6,300 added
- Winner: £4,075
- 2nd: £1,213
- 3rd: £606
- 4th: £303
- Form 56557-2
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 85
held up, headway over 2f out, chased winner and edged left over 1f out, stayed on, always just held
Mataaleb
172- Form 152/005-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer Mrs L Pearce
- Jockey Simon Pearce
held up, took keen hold, not clear run over 2f out, headway over 1f out, no impression on front pair inside final furlong
- Form 857620-
- Age 10
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer B P J Baugh
- Jockey R Kennemore
tracked leader after 1f, led 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 15826-6
- Age 8
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Kingscote
held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, not able to trouble leaders
- Form 013-147
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 1099-82
- Age 5
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer M J Attwater
- Jockey M Coumbe
led, headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 5327-52
- Age 5
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer H Adielsson
- Jockey Nicole Nordblad
tracked leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, edged left over 1f out, held on well
In depth
Verdict
FRANCO IS MY NAME was back to something like his best at Lingfield last time when second to Layline in a higher grade handicap than this. Peter Hedger's charge needs only to repeat that effort to come out best here. Scamperdale can figure on his best form, though he hasn't shown that in a while, and Shieldmaiden has failed to improve on January's win at Wolverhampton in a couple of starts since. Sand Skier is usually thereabouts but hard to win with and Brouhaha makes more appeal on the pick of his form.
Formwatch
Franco Is My Name 14-1 (8-10) Held up in touch, good headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner approaching final furlong, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Layline (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Feb.
Mataaleb 14-1 (9-5) Held up in touch towards rear, headway 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 5th of 7, 28l behind Classic Vintage (9-9) at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) gs in Sep.
Scamperdale 20-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 13th of 14, 22l behind True To Form (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Brouhaha 10-1 (9-2) Dwelt held up, effort over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 6l behind Queen Of Denmark (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Shieldmaiden (USA) 4-1 (9-6) Chased leader in 2nd, ridden 3f out, no extra in 5th 2f out, eased inside final furlong, last of 7, 19l behind Tribes And Banner (8-12) at Dundalk 1m 4f hcap pol in Jan.
Battleoftrafalgar 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, effort over 1f out, soon no impression, 2nd of 5, 4 1/2l behind Crunched (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Sand Skier 9-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge winner 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind The Holyman (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.