Racecards
12:10 Kempton Park
Follow Your Meeting With Racing Handicap (div 1) (Class 6)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £3,500 added
- Form 78/1767-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey F Norton
held up, headway on outside 4f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra
- Form 2/43016-
- Age 8
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer E J Creighton
- Jockey E Creighton
soon led, headed after 4f, ridden and weakened over 3f out
- Form 05/7365-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey T P Queally
in touch, led 6f out, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened
Openide
158- Form 944569-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer B W Duke
- Jockey J P Spencer
prominent, ridden 6f out to chase leaders, weakened 2f out, eased when beaten
- Form 022703-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer Ms J S Doyle
- Jockey Sophie Doyle
held up towards rear, ridden and headway 3f out, switched left, kept on one pace
Kiama
135- Form 904757-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
prominent, led after 4f, headed 6f out, weakened 4f out and eased
- Form 689061-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer Ms J S Doyle
- Jockey James Doyle
in touch, hard ridden to lead 1f out, hung right final furlong
- Form 070543-
- Age 9
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer J R Jenkins
- Jockey A Kirby
broke well, tracked leaders, led briefly 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong
- Form 0860/0-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer R M Stronge
- Jockey S Hitchcott
tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced over 6f out, stayed on again
- Form 922019-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 41
- Trainer A J McCabe
- Jockey Dale Gibson
alway towards rear
Verdict
In the opener, Mister Completely is selected ahead of Almizan and Domenico. The handicapper has not over-reacted to Mister Completely's course and distance win last time and, the sole c/d winner in the line-up, he is entitled to some thought today. Domenico is closely weighted with him based on that run. War At Sea has yet to look a natural on the all-weather but at least his mark is dropping. Almizan ought to be on a competitive mark and his all-weather course and distance debut run last time was fair. Serramanna is held based on that effort. A Grade 3 chase winner in October, Openide debuts on the all-weather today, while Mark Johnston's Kiama has yet to build on her 2005 form. Finally, I guess that you could not rule Captivate out of some money but, for the selection, we will opt for Mister Completely.
Formwatch
War At Sea (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Always behind, 7th of 8, 8l behind Magical Music (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcap (5) pol in Dec.
Hathaal (IRE) 33-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden 4f out, weakened 3f out, last of 6, 21l behind Speagle (9-7) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Dec.
Almizan (IRE) 11-2 (9-8) In touch, ridden over 3f out, effort and not much room on inside over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Salute (10-3) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Openide 7-1 (8-11) Prominent, led after 2f, headed 9f out, ridden over 6f out, weakened 3f out, 9th of 11, 18l behind Whispering Death (9-9) at York 2m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jul.
Serramanna 14-1 (9-0) In touch, no impression over 1f out, 3rd of 8, 6l behind Jazrawy (8-8) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Kiama 9-1 (9-0) Close up, chased leader over 8f out until over 4f out, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 42l behind Born Wild (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 6f mdn hcp (5) sft in Aug.
Mister Completely (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, driven to lead 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Kempton 2m banded stk (7) pol in Dec beating Lysander's Quest (9-9) by 1l, 9 ran.
Domenico (IRE) 10-1 (9-10) Prominent, chased leaders 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 9, 1l behind Mister Completely (9-8) at Kempton 2m banded stk (7) pol in Dec.
Come What Augustus 66-1 (8-2) Always in rear, struggling over 4f out, 15th of 16, 29l behind Olimpo (9-11) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun.
Captivate 16-1 (8-0) Slowly into stride, always in rear, 9th of 13, 8l behind Share The Feeling (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 6f app hcp (6) pol in Dec.