Four graded races at Kempton where our concentration lies today. There are plenty of ‘ifs and buts’ to complicate the pricing of certain races. The going is Good and we are looking at two races:
Kempton 3.35 3m BetBright Handicap Chase (Grade 3)
Wide open handicap in which thirteen declared contest for the near on £57,000 first prize.
Theatre Guide is expected to go well in a race he won last year. He is now 14lb higher in the handicap, but his Cheltenham win two starts ago gives him prospects here as the second top weight.
Currently quoted from 9/1 to a best priced 11/1 which looks about right range.
Kempton 4.10 2m4f110y Watch Live Racing On betbright.com Handicap Chase (Class 3)
Only Sir Note and Lemon’s Gent come into this race in form and both look beatable.
Full Shift figures on a lenient handicap mark if the first time “cheek-pieces+tongue-tie” have a positive effect. I put him in provisionally at 9/4 which is at the top end of the prices on offer.
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