Flat Racing - 26th January, Thursday

[georgeCOSTANZA]

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[TR] [TD]Sport[/TD] [TD] Horse Racing[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 150]Event[/TD] [TD] Kempton 7:35[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 150]Selection[/TD] [TD] Prince Namid (Each-way) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 150]Strength[/TD] [TD] 5/10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 150]Date[/TD] [TD] 26/01/2012[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Bookmaker/Price[/TD] [TD] Victor Chandler @ 7.50[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Reasoning[/TD] [TD] 3rd of 9 by 2 1/2 lengths to Lastkingofscotland and Lutine Charlie at Lingfield (7f) nine days ago. That was his first run since May 2011. Took keen hold, held up in rear, still last well over 1f out, pushed along and headway over 1f out, edged right and ran on strongly inside final furlong, went 3rd last strides. He does take a drop in trip down to 6f but that will not be a problem. His three wins on Turf was at 5f and his sole win on the All-Weather came at 6f. That AW win was with jockey Luke Morris who is booked to ride tonight.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

[RussP]

Re: Flat Racing - 26th January, Thursday 4.30 Kempton

13 runners in this Class 6, 1m handicap and, as is often the case these days, a very open heat with multiple chances. There is one, however, that catches my eye at a longish price.

Isdaal (10/1 Bet365 BOG) - It's surely only a matter of time before this lightly raced 5yo gets off the mark. Continues to drop in the weights despite some promising efforts and I'm convinced that this lowly mark of just 56 should see Isdaal break its duck. Since switching to the AW, Isdaal has run 4 times, each time either showing promise or being marked down as unlucky yet a further 2lb in mark has been the result between it's last run & this. First time up on the AW, off 62 over this C&D, the horse finished 6th of 12 and would have finished closer had it not been blocked off at a crucial point. That was also the case on its penultimate start when looking all over the winner but was again heavily checked into the straight. That was off 58. In between that run was a promising effort at Wolverhampton but, yet again, didn't get the clearest of runs and the slow pace didn't help this hold up type. Last run, 4 weeks ago, was a shocker. Claimer gave the horse a poor ride, sitting off the back of the pack with a slow pace, meant we knew our fate early doors. That was over 10f but is brought back to a more suitable trip of 1m today. Even then, the horse stayed on wide & late to grab 5th. We're pretty much guaranteed of a fast pace, the horse has a good draw in 3 as well as having a top jockey on board. All that coupled with a further ease in the weights and now dropped to 0-60 company for the first time, should give us a very big chance granted luck in running.