Kempton (eve) 28/11/08

[Spooner]

17:50 - The Magic of Rio A big step down in class here for this horse, A winner in a class 4 already over this distance on the all-weather at Great Leighs, Only beaten a head last time out at Windsor, Should be good enough to win this and make it 4 wins out of 11. @ 6/4 Bet365 (Bog)

[fintron]

Re: Kempton (eve) 28/11/08 I pondered that one Spooner, no doubt he's the best horse in the race. I hope the draw doesn't hinder him for you though. Nice double last night by the way. 8.50 Kempton The most valuable race of the night is this class 3, 7 furlong race with £7,477 going to the winner. The one that has kept on improving even though he's not managed to get his head infront is Brian Meehan's Swift Gift. He proved he acts on the all-weather by winning his maiden at Wolverhampton last year, although he has been mainly campaigned on turf since. He finished a decent third to Slugger O'Toole on his reappearance at Newmarket off 85 and followed it up with a decent 4th to Fathsta at York next time out. The form of that race has worked out ever so well with the 3rd, Meydan Princess, going on to pick up a listed race for Jeremy Noseda in September and the 2nd, Generous Thought, won a handicap off 100 when last seen. Fathsta himself is a decent yardstick for the form and has been running well off marks in the earlier 90's. Swift Gift runs off 87 here. He contested a class 3 handicap at York off 86 and was only beaten by a length by Tawaash. Harrison George and Opus Maximum who were behind won subsequently to give the form some credence. He didn't get the best of runs when 5th at Sandown and ran a solid fourth over this trip at Newmarket, especially considering he was returning from a break, when he finished ahead of far-superior rated rivals. Those runs were then followed by his most recent outing, on the all-weather in one of the Scoop 6 races here last Saturday. He was running off bottom weight but did so with credit, again finishing ahead of better rated rivals. There was no shame in his 6th placed finish in that class 2 event and the winner Atlantic Story and those inbehind were all decent AW animals in good form at the time. Dropping down in grade here he carries one of the highest weights in the race so I think he can make his class tell. 9/1 Bet 365 (BOG), 10 pt win.