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I'm taking advantage of Kemptons kind offer of free entry tomorrow.
Looks a cracking card but struggling to pick my horse for each race.
Any tips?
 
Days of Heaven seems to be progressing with each race- he was shocking in a couple of his earlier races.could see Henderson having serious ambitions for him next season.Going to have a decent bet on him tomorrow.
 
Chartreux is usually brought out for its first run towards January-time, or quite late in the jumping season.
That last run was very poor. Maybe this has been the real target though.

Another one of interest to me is Radjhani Express who has been dropped three pound, now off same mark as when 5th in the Paddy Power and back in handicap company.

They've given the horse a break, stuck a hood on and upped him in distance here which might suit him as he gets done for toe over shorter, so he's one to watch especially in the betting.

My hearts with Chartreux but the head is telling me Nicky could have mapped or plotted this race for Radjhani Express for a long time and most of us wouldn't even know it.

Reminds me a bit of Marlborough who Nicky Henderson trained to win the race 11 years ago in 2004 when not in particularly great form in the run up to the race. Marlborough carried 11:12 with a mark of 150 and won this race. Anyways.... Good luck.
 
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Cheers guys..............came up with these. Happy if I break even.

Citizenship
Bivouac
Irish Saint
Days of Heaven
Easter Day and Rajdhani Express
Auvergnat
Ghost River or Beau Phil
 
I know you love me to oppose your selections Marble

If Nicky Henderson is plotting something for Radjhani Express....it's probably getting him down a few pounds before RW-C Birthday in Novemeber :lol: I heard winning the Amlin was supposed to be a belated birthday present but the horse ran like a moo.........wish you luck with that one.

Surrounded by Paul Nicholl's horses on a Saturday is no fun for a trainer but on the plus side you can always expect an extra few points in the betting.

Such is the case with LeReve who put up a first rate performance when winning at Sandown last time.

He barely touched a twig that day and was always travelling like the winner and I doubt if the rise in weights will bother him one bit.

He may just be coming of age and be a better horse than his bare form suggests.

Le Reve Win and Place on the machine

Fascinating race for the Grade 2 Juvi hurdle at Kempton.

Beltor won well first time out and no doubt his trainer fancies his chances of making it a double.
The race he won looks good on paper but I am not convinced it was and can't have him in this which looks much tougher.

Barry Geraghty reckons the ground was to blame for Bivouac\ finishing a well beaten 5th behind Peace and Co last time.

To me he handled the ground ok and he would have held on to 3rd and confirmed previous form with the 4th but he looked to be coming to the end of his tether just before the last
and that may have been what caused him to make a complete hash of it.

He'll take some beating today but I'm not so sure he's as good as Barry Geraghty seems to think.

I am opposing him with Paul Nicholl's All Yours.

All Yours couldn't get near Sail By The Sea on his first run and was made to look very ordinary before falling when beaten.

He beat a 110 rated tree next time out but it wasn't what he beat but the way did it.

I thought he showed massive promise that day and might just be able to cope with the step up in class here.

PN will have a good idea where he stands as his Triumph entry San Benedeto ran Bivouac tp 1/2 length.

All yours 5/1 looks worth a go

Barry Geraghty should really be in the winners enclosure later on the day with Days of Thunder/Heaven

Thunder would be more appropriate as apparently he's a bit of a fireball you wouldn't want to take the ear plugs out of.

I'll be waiting until the last minute to back him but al being well he really should hack up.

Days of Heaven SP

I'd be a lot more worried about Sire De Grugy's chances today if Melodic Rendezvous had held his ground and ran in this.

Even at the weights he should be far too good for these even if he needs it and 2.12 on the machine was too hard to resist.

Whether it ends up doing him more harm than good remains to be seen

Sire De Grugy

Not the best set of mounts AP's ever had on a Saturday but Ghost River should win

Ghost River @ 7/4 looks too big
 
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I'm on le reve again. He's worth more than the rise in weights for last time. It was a smart performance.
 
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