Racecards
19:20 Kempton Park
Digibet Poker Handicap (Class 4)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £7,300 added
- Form 117-104
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 85
close up, quicken to lead 2f out, hard pressed final furlong, headed close home
- Form 74-113
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer M A Jarvis
- Jockey P Robinson
led 1f, stayed tracking leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, kept on same pace from 1f out
- Form 2-31143
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Richard Hughes
in touch, not clear run and switched left 2f out, switched right over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders
- Form 525-149
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer A P Jarvis
- Jockey R Mullen
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 91911-6
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey E Creighton
in rear, late headway over 1f out, never nearer
- Form 22-1201
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey Liam Jones
chased leaders, not clear run briefly 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on well to lead close home
- Form 8201-26
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer T G Mills
- Jockey S J Drowne
mid-division, short of room when hampered 2f out, headway 1f out, ran on final furlong, not reach leaders
- Form 343453
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey J Fortune
behind, good headway 2f out, not quicken over 1f out and soon one pace
- Form 8-140
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey T Quinn
behind, slightly short of room 2f out, soon outpaced
- Form 23-451
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 75
prominent, effort and every chance 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
- Form 356-127
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey S Sanders
led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weaken
In depth
Verdict
Richard Hughes is firing in the winners lately and can get on the score sheet again if Kyle runs to the best of his abilities; King's Apostle and Shustraya are others fancied to go close. Shustraya has been the model of consistency and she can be expected to be in the shake-up once more. However, she doesn't appear to be especially well treated at present and needs everything to go her way. King's Apostle made a successful return to sprinting at Ripon last month and will be a big threat if in the same frame of mind tonight. The William Haggas-trained colt coped well with the surface when he raced here last season and he looks the main obstacle in the way of the selection. Nevertheless, Kyle is very hard to fault on what he has achieved so far and, considering that he has only finished out of the frame once in 11 previous starts, he has ticks all the right boxes to gain the upper hand at this level.
Formwatch
Mambo Spirit (IRE) 7-1 (9-1) Chased leader stand's side, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 4, 22l behind Fathom Five (8-13) at Leicester 5f 3yo hcp (3) gs in Jun.
Rasaman (IRE) 8-11fav (9-7) Prominent, hung left inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 7, 6l behind Diamond Diva (9-5) at W'hampton 6f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Kyle (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, not clear run 1f out, soon switched left, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 14, 4l behind Steam Cuisine (8-12) at Newmarket 7f 3yo hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Go On Green (IRE) 15-2 (9-5) Switched right and held up, headway 2f out, switched right to inside rail over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, finished strongly, 3rd of 12, 3/4l behind Romany Nights (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Jun.
Double Bill (USA) 14-1 (9-2) Prominent, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 14, 24l behind Steam Cuisine (8-12) at Newmarket 7f 3yo hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Cleide da Silva (USA) 5-1 (9-11) In touch, headway to lead 3f out, withstood challenge close home, won at W'hampton 7f fll hcp (5) pol in Jun beating Nan Jan (9-13) by a shd, 11 ran.