Racecards
19:40 Kempton Park
32Red Handicap (Class 3)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 218y
- Going: Standard / Slow
- Surface: Polytrack
- £15,000 added
- Winner: £9,338
- 2nd: £2,796
- 3rd: £1,398
- 4th: £699
- Form 4015-40
- Age 7
- Weight 10-7
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer S Durack
- Jockey T P Queally
tracked leading pair until 5f out, soon pushed along in rear, ridden outpaced and beaten inside final 2f
- Form 723743
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer C G Cox
- Jockey James Doyle
led, quickened over 2f out, joined inside final furlong, headed and unable to quicken inside final 150 yards, lost 2nd final strides
- Form 411113
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey Ryan Tate
steadied start, held up in 4th, closer in 3rd 5f out, pushed along over 3f out, headway on outside 2f out, 2nd over 1f out, led inside final 150 yards, idled in front, always doing enough
- Form 1-24320
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer George Baker
- Jockey P Cosgrave
tracked leader until ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, went 2nd last strides
In depth
Verdict
Sir Mark Prescott wastes little time in returning LAND OF OZ (NAP) to the fray after the Australia colt produced a career-best effort at the recent Ebor Festival when third behind Hamish and First In Line in the Melrose Handicap. A previous course and distance winner, he reverts to this longer trip and should prove tough to beat. Alfredo, tailed off on his first start after a break, is best watched and Crystal Spirit will need to improve to trouble the selection so Petrastar looks the danger as he's 17lb better off with the selection on their running here last month.
Formwatch
Alfredo (IRE) 16-1 (9-8) Soon led, pushed along and headed well over 2f out, eased when beaten well over 1f out, soon virtually pulled up, last of 10, dist behind Eddystone Rock (9-6) at Ascot 2m hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Petrastar 10-1 (9-11) Led, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, soon no chance with winner, lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 7, 4l behind Land Of Oz (8-3) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Land Of Oz 5-1 (8-7) Held up in touch, pushed along over 3f out, ridden 2f out, slight lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Hamish (9-3) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gf in Aug.
Cristal Spirit 50-1 (8-0) Always behind, 16th of 19, 20 3/4l behind Timoshenko (8-0) at Goodwood 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Jul.