Joyfilly will get my attention again, hopefully stepping up to 9.5 nto. Went off @ 142 to finish 4th, btn a head for a place, but he was prominent from the start, got outpaaced when hitting the straight, then stayed on again.
Sharp Exhibit will probably get a 2lb drop and although finishing in the rear, I may not ditch him yet. The problem is he was out of the picture most of the time and one comment does claim he was blocked.
Kempton 8.00 Alezan
Unfortunately there is a chunky R4 with Merweb now a n/r.
Alezan initially appears a C7 h/capper who looks harshly treated for her turf win. She won a classified rated, beating total dogs who are all 50 or less rated. Howerver, she did win in good style and she proved when returned to Bath her new mark of 56 wasn't beyond her with a 2nd place to the improving Kindergarden Cop, who has won tow more and now rated 11lb higher.
The next issue is whether she can handle polytrack, with her 0/5 stat, but her run 2 back can be over looked when finishing 4th, as it was in a C5 grade and the race was dominated by the hold ups over 8f and she did best of the prominent runners. The three in front were all rated higher than Alezan and the average OR was 11lb higher than tonight's race.
She did drop in trip and grade lto, but Fanning surprisingly sat deeper than ideal, then hit serious trouble:
can have her effort marked up significantly considering the trouble she experienced in the run, and this won't prove all she's capable of in 7f handicaps.
She had the beating that night of today's 2/1 fav Fly The Nest ( also met trouble), who has put in a decent effort since, but Alezan is 1lb better plus Dobbie is back on board claiming 5lb.
Whilst her Kempton stats are modest, she actually has the same %SR as Marquand and Kingscote.
Marquand will probably try and get in front of Alezen fron the break and dictate, as the race looks totally paceless, but Dobbie will hopefully be able to use the cut away .
Mr Mac officially holds the pick through KIndergarden, but MM looks a better horse at Lingfield and a whilst appearing fairly treated and holds C&D win, I'm happy to oppose.
I did think the other 3yo Mack The Knife could be worth watching for the future; moved to a small in form trainer has has a dcent S/R with 4yo's .
The jockey is enough to put me off ( more than the fact the horse has been beaten a distance in every race) with only 4 rides even with a 7lb claim. and I'm clueless even she can do 7-11.
