20:30 Kempton

Tuesday 16 July 2024

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Off time: 20:30 | Winning time: 3m 27.96s

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(9)

Pons Aelius¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Loughnane| T: C Johnston| OR: 68| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap (14/1) at Newcastle (16.2f) 17 days ago, better placed than most. Shortlist material.

Form: 706364

(1)

Solid Silver^b1⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 67| BF

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 7/2, last of 7 in handicap at Hamilton (13.1f, soft) 48 days ago. Up in trip and blinkers on 1st time. Needs to raise her game.

Form: 4387

(7)

Surrey Belle^t⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: H Morrison| OR: 66| BF

11/4

Tongue strap on for 1st time, tenth of 10 in handicap at Nottingham (14f, good, 9/2) 44 days ago (third past the post but subsequently disqualified). Not taken lightly.

Form: 3341-3D

(8)

Myriad^p³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: George Rooke| T: R Hughes| OR: 66| C

6/1

Course winner. 14/1, creditable second of 11 in handicap at Bath (14f, good) 39 days ago. Unlikely to be far away but remains 4 lb above last winning mark and may again find one or two too good.

Form: 344/342

(5)

Wannabe Brave^t1,v³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 64| BF| CD

6/1

C&D winner. 3 wins from 4 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in May. Evens, creditable third of 8 in handicap at this C&D 34 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time and she has to enter calculations.

Form: 54-1113

(10)

Imphal^p³⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-5| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: P Butler| OR: 64| D

150/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2017. Last of 8 in handicap at this C&D (150/1) 34 days ago, slowly away. Opposable.

Form: 9638/68

(6)

Highland Frolic^t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Rob Hornby| T: M G Rimell| OR: 63| D

20/1

Good third of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (14f, good, 22/1) 27 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. 1 lb lower now and he is not without each-way hope.

Form: 54/48-43

(2)

Grand Duchess Olga^p²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Hogan| T: Miss J Feilden| OR: 62| CD

6/1

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap at this C&D (7/1) 20 days ago by ½ length from Doublethetrouble, kept up to work. 3 lb rise fair enough and it would be no surprise to see her give another good account.

Form: 2-43561

(11)

Doublethetrouble^p²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: J Butler| OR: 61

9/1

10/3, creditable ½-length second of 13 to Grand Duchess Olga in handicap at this C&D 20 days ago. Now 2 lb better off with that rival and there should be little between them once again.

Form: 732362

(3)

I Doubt That^t⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: S Hitchcott| T: D Bourke| OR: 60| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Bit below form seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Perth (20.2f, good to soft) 62 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal. Didn't show much on reappearance in this sphere at Ayr in April.

Form: 0D712/5

(4)

Smith^v⁶¹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-11| J: R Havlin| T: Mrs L Richards| OR: 56| D

50/1

33/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (15.8f, AW) 61 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 685-076

Forecasts

Surrey Belle (11/4), Solid Silver (5/1), Grand Duchess Olga (6/1), Myriad (6/1), Wannabe Brave (6/1), Pons Aelius (9/1), Doublethetrouble (9/1), I Doubt That (16/1), Highland Frolic (20/1), Smith (50/1), Imphal (150/1)

It's been over a year since PONS AELIUS last got his head in front but he has slipped to a good mark and the form of his latest effort in the Northumberland Vase at Newcastle gives him very strong claims indeed. That said, this is a competitive race for the grade and Surrey Belle is next on a shortlist, which also includes recent C&D 1-2 Grand Duchess Olga and Doublethetrouble. Wannabe Brave is also accorded respect.