The Eye-Catcher - Wednesday 1st October 2014

17.45 Kempton: First Rebellion @ 5/2 Paddy Power - 5pts win

First Rebellion is one of the horses highlighted in our new Eye-Catchers column. He is quite an interesting horse in this poor class 7 Handicap tomorrow - for plenty of reasons. He drops another 2lb since his most recent impressive run, has a good draw for his front-running tactics and I can't see too much competition for the lead. Should be straightforward and Kempton's 5f track favours horses up with the speed. His profile as per our Eye-Catchers list:

"First Rebellion, 5yo gelding - Wolverhampton 26th September, 6f Handicap: Very infrequent winner and seems to run to more or less similar forms. However his latest run at Wolverhampton over 6f suggests that with a drop in trip and a slightly more sensible ride, he's up to win a race. He jumped out of box eight right to the front, sharing the lead for most parts setting a very decent pace. He started a huge move from over 3f out and put a good deal of daylight between himself and the main body of the field, approaching the home turn with a four lengths lead. Still in front entering the final furlong, he eventually hit a brick wall with half a furlong to go, and a stayer caught up. He was still able to finish 3rd. That was a huge performance in my mind, and he has an entry for 5f at Kempton later this week which I believe is an ideal scenario, as that CD prefers horses up with the pace considerably."

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Modernism, our Tuesday selection, ran a perfect race and finished very creditable runner-up, only beaten by handicap debutante and feather weight Dream Child.