Merry Christmas to you all, I hope everyone had a wonderful day yesterday and ate enough Turkey to last a lifetime, but we are back to normality today. There is a total of 11 meetings today and that is with Huntingdon and Ffos Las already abandoning their cards due to waterlogging. The main meeting of course is from Kempton as they stage two Grade One's in the King George and the Christmas Hurdle that involves My Tent Or Yours and The New One.
We shall keep the intro fairly short today as we have plenty of racing to get stuck into, but before that I have to plug our video for today. We went through the Kempton card as well as covering the Rowland Meyrick at Wetherby providing analysis of the races and giving our tips, as well as having a laugh along the way of course. Joining me this week were Adam Webb (@Adamwebb121), Calum Madell (@Calummadell) and Michael Andrew (@Mytentoryours). You can also follow me on Twitter at @Lukeelder13, watch the video by clicking the link below, enjoy!!
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Now lets get down to business.
12:50 Kempton - Vaniteux
Nicky Henderson's Gelding made a lasting impression first time out in England when winning a hot Novice Hurdle at Sandown, beating Vibrato Valtat and Champagne At Tara in the process. It looked to be a tight run thing coming to the last but found an extra gear on the run in to win cosily and in very good style. There isn't much else to add on that front but one of the main dangers could be Fascino Rustico who may have needed that last run when well beat at Newbury. Vaniteux is taken to make it two from two here however. (7/2)
1:25 Kempton - Urbain De Sivola
Urbain De Sivola is making his chase debut today after running a blinder at Sandown when backed off the boards last time out. That was over 2 miles which looked a bit on the sharp side but he did look as if a switch to fences would be a benefit with the way he jumped. One of the interesting things about Urbain De Sivola is that he had a breathing operation before this season which looks to have bought around some improvement. Urbain De Sivola to make a winning chasing debut. (7/2)
2:00 Kempton - Annacotty
A few of you may scoff at this selection as he is the rank outsider of the field and his overall form so far isn't up to this standard, but he is better than that for sure. Connections try blinkers for the first time which looks an interesting move after a couple of below par efforts but he bounced right back at Chepstow last time. There is no way around it, this year's Feltham is a poor one by its usual standards and Just A Par is a worthy favourite, but I have serious doubts about him acting round Kempton. The selection is a course and distance winner however and is the only front runner in the field which is a huge positive as he is a 10 pound better horse when leading. Annacotty to run his rivals into the ground. (20/1)
3:10 Kempton - Al Ferof
In our jumps preview video I put up Al Ferof as the best bet of the season in this race so I'm happy he is here for starters. This race looks tailor made for Al Ferof and the only negative I can find is that he hasn't ran over 3 miles yet so is an unconfirmed stayer. I would have no doubts on that front and he will be racefit after an easy match at Ascot where he justified very short odds. There is no lack of pace here with horses such as Champion Court and Cue Card in the field so he will have a strong pace to aim at for sure. Al Ferof to take this race and continue is progression through the ranks and land the King George. (antepost 16/1)
NAP - Urbain De Sivola
Nb - Vaniteux
Good luck and as always, happy punting
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