Kempton Wednesday December 6

Publish date: 2024-06-25

There are five meetings across the UK and Ireland on Wednesday, three Flat and two National Hunt.

They race on the level at Lingfield (11.30am-3.20pm), Dundalk (3.15-6.45) and Kempton (4.25-8.30), with Ludlow (12.20-3.40) and Haydock (12.38-3.30) providing the jumps action.

Our focus is on the card on Kempton, where we have earmarked two selections for the feature race, a Listed contest over a mile at 7.30.

Horse racing tips today – Kempton 

Clive Gildon’s picks for Wednesday are below. Scroll down to read the expert analysis behind them. 

Odds correct at time of publishing and may be subject to change.

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Horse racing tips: Kempton 7.30

Simon and Ed Crisford have a 24 per cent striker rate here and their four-year-old POSITIVE IMPACT can be considered the ‘now’ horse in the field as he has the best piece of recent form on Polytrack. 

The son of Shamardal is 1-11 on turf and 2-3 on synthetic surfaces. In September last year, he progressed markedly to run out a comfortable winner of a Class 2 handicap over this course and distance on standard to slow Polytrack (as officially described for this meeting). In fact, his only defeat on the all-weather came in February on the dirt at Meydan, which didn’t seem to suit.

Positive Impact returned to action in the summer on turf but it wasn’t until he raced at Chelmsford last month that he showed what he is made of, winning readily from the front by over three lengths.

The selection is drawn well in stall one, providing he gets going alertly as is usually the case on this surface. A reproduction of the latest 109 Racing Post Rating he registered at Chelmsford would set a good standard without factoring in some potential progression on this second start at Kempton.

Selection Positive Impact @ SP with Paddy Power

Horse racing tips: Kempton 7.30

The second selection in the feature from Kempton is TEMPUS, a son of Kingman representing Archie Watson, who is 4-21 when running older horses in non-handicap races on this course.

The seven-year-old has the highest official rating in this field with a mark of 107 and he has to be considered given his prominent running style from a perfect draw in stall two.

He is officially rated the same on turf as he is on the all-weather, but does need to prove that to be the case in terms of his Racing Post Ratings, which are 118 on turf and 106 on the all-weather. He has had more runs on the former and his respective records on the two are 6-18 and 2-6.

Tempus is returning from a 168-day break but goes particularly well when fresh and, if he can produce the pick of his form, he will prove hard to beat. Watson is 2-12 in the past fortnight.

Selection Tempus @ SP with Paddy Power

Horse racing tips: Kempton 6.30

James Fanshawe’s THROUBI is taken to get off the mark in this 1m novice contest for fillies. She is one of three runners who stand out, the others being Twirling, representing Simon and Ed Crisford, and the William Haggas-trained Flindrikin, a daughter of Frankel.

Twirling sets the form standard as a previous course-and-distance winner, but does have a penalty to shoulder against two promising rivals with not all that much to find to get competitive. Flindrikin is tempting but her admitted improvement on her latest start at Newcastle was muted.

Throubi, a filly by Teofilo, was an eye-catcher when fifth on her return from a break over track and trip last month. Her juvenile form on turf was against some decent horses and she is out of a useful all-weather filly too. She has more potential upside and more significant form claims as it stands, and Fanshawe is 21-169 with his three-year-olds in non-handicap races on this course.

Selection Throubi @ SP with Paddy Power

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