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13:50 Kempton Park

Ladbrokes Christmas Festival December 26th & 27th Nursery (Class 4)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f 219y
  • Going: Standard / Slow
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £8,000 added
  • Winner: £3,996
  • 2nd: £1,876
  • 3rd: £938
  • 4th: £469
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 26.33s
  • Off Time: 13:50:31
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Cavern Club (IRE)

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Kingsley Pride

    6/1

      1(3)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Light Green epaulets

      Kingsley Pride

      44 p
      6/1
      • Form 622
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 83

      slowly into stride, soon chasing leader, challenged over 2f out, hung right inside final furlong, no impression on winner towards finish

      2(2)
      Silk - White, Red sash, Red and White striped cap

      Mighty River (IRE)

      16
      8/15
      • Form 531
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 81

      2nd early, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, unable to quicken over 1f out, short of room inside final furlong, no impression

      3(1)
      Silk - Purple, White diamond, armlets and cap

      Cavern Club (IRE)

      35 p
      4/1
      • Form 233
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 74

      held up in touch, effort on outside to lead 2f out, hung right over 1f out and inside final furlong, clear when hung left towards finish

      4(4)
      Silk - White, Black seams, White sleeves, Black stars, White cap, Black star

      Look Back Smiling (IRE)

      35
      12/1
      • Form 138564
      • Age 2
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 71

      led until 2f out, weakened from over 1f out

      5(5)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Maroon and Royal Blue striped sleeves, Yellow cap

      Mirabello Bay (IRE)

      39
      22/1
      • Form 616321
      • Age 2
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 60

      edged left start, always in rear, well beaten final 2f

      In depth

      Verdict

      Despite a 5lb rise for winning at Chelmsford, Mirabello Bay is still a couple of pounds out of the weights and another Wolverhampton winner, MIGHTY RIVER, makes more appeal having had only the three starts so far. Kingsley Pride and Cavern Club are also unexposed and have been knocking on the door but Look Back Smiling hasn’t threatened since making a winning debut at Pontefract in August

      Formwatch

      Kingsley Pride 16-1 (9-4) Led, ridden 2f out, hung right then veered sharply left approaching final furlong, headed final furlong, just denied close home, 2nd of 7, shd behind Sir Laurence Graff (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (4) pol in Nov.

      Mighty River (IRE) 15-8fav (9-7) Made all but pressed, ridden 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, holding 2nd inside final 100 yards, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec beating Burdett Road (9-7) by 1l, 11 ran.

      Cavern Club (IRE) 15-2 (9-2) Not much room and slowly into stride, mid-division, headway and hung left over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Harry's Hero (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Nov.

      Look Back Smiling (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Chased leader after 1f, led over 7f out, edged right final bend, soon headed, no impression final furlong, kept on, 4th of 5, 3 1/2l behind Sol Cayo (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (4) pol in Nov.

      Mirabello Bay (IRE) 8-13fav (9-9) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, not clear run over 2f out, headway when not clear run over 1f out, hampered and bumped inside final furlong, got through and ran on to lead towards finish, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f (6) pol in Nov beating Star Sight (9-7) by shd, 8 ran.