14.10 Kempton: Starlit Cantara @ 9/2 Bet365 - 4pts win
Starlit Cantara is an obvious chance here after her most recent run and the fact that the handicapper left her mark unchanged makes her a filly very hard to beat here. After a winter break she reappeared at Kempton three weeks ago and she travelled well enough for most parts of the race. She made nice headway from 2f out, challenging the leader hard. That horse though found more and more, having the run of the race from the front in a slowly run race. Half a furlong out though it looked as if Starlit Cantara could finally be able to pass the leader, trying to slip through on the inside. This move ended abruptly when the leader shifted towards the rail shutting the door and the jockey on Starlit Cantara had to take a hard pull to avoid a crash. Now, it isn't said that she would have passed the leader indeed, but she was robbed the chance to have every chance at least. Considering that the eventual winner followed up with another success, it is to assume that Starlit Cantara must be well in tomorrow, since she can race off the same mark again on her second seasonal outing, over the same course and distance in a rather poor class 6 handicap. A good draw is another bonus here.
16.10 Kempton: Thecornishcowboy @ 14/1 Bet365 - 1pt win
Thecornishcowboy is certainly on a very handy mark and I thought his most recent performance at Yarmouth shows he is now poised to win a race soon. He got stuck in traffic on the inside rail from 3f out, found himself then outpaced over 1f out, had to switch wide and finished on the outside really strongly once he found his stride again. He clearly prefers further and I would imagine 12f is his optimum, but there is plenty of pace in this race tomorrow, which should help. Richard Hughes booked for the ride says connections expect a big run.
16.20 Wolverhampton: Minley @ 5/1 Paddy Power - 2pts win
Still generally lightly raced, Minley showed a clear improvement on his second seasonal outing at Lingfield last month.He was close to the pace, turned for home disputing the lead and with a big chance, but got twice then badly hampered by the eventual winner. Once around 2f out, and then from 1f out pretty much all the way down to the finish line. The winner won subsequently again and also finished a good fourth in a class 2 handicap. Minley is 2lb up for this performance but could still easily be a good deal better than this mark, and has also the assistance of a very capable 5lb claimer. He can go from pole position, and should be able to be up with the pace tomorrow for that reason, which is always an advantage around Wolverhampton.
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