The valuable meetings at Warwick and Kempton on Saturday are subject to inspections at 8am due to the threat of overnight frost as cold weather continues to threaten the racing programme.<\/p>\n
Kempton was initially declared fit for racing on Friday afternoon but a revised forecast for sub-zero temperatures overnight forced Barney Clifford, the clerk of the course, to adopt a more cautious approach.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re now forecast a -2C or possibly -3C [frost] tonight,\u201d Clifford said, \u201cso it\u2019s prudent to call a precautionary inspection.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nessie Chanter, the clerk of the course at Warwick, said that the course was \u201craceable at present\u201d but the forecast was for a -2C frost between 4am and 8am overnight.<\/p>\n
A field of 17 runners is due to go to post for Kempton\u2019s Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle at 3.17, when Dan Skelton, the successful trainer for the past two seasons, will be hoping to complete a hat-trick with A Pai De Nom, a winner three times already this season.<\/p>\n
The six-year-old faces by far his stiffest assignment to date, however, and several opponents at bigger prices go into the race with a similar chance on the book. Lanesborough and French Ship are two of the more obvious candidates, but the eye-catcher at the early prices is Paul Nicholls\u2019 Fasol <\/strong>(3.17) at around 12-1.<\/p>\n The seven-year-old has won his last two starts with Olive Nicholls, the trainer\u2019s daughter, in the saddle for both victories, and had more than enough in hand at Musselburgh last time to suggest a hat-trick is a distinct possibility.<\/p>\n Quick GuideSaturday’s tipsShow<\/p>\n Lingfield <\/b>11.40 Dandy Khan 12.10 Call Glory 12.40 Secret Road 1.10 Siam Ruby 1.47 Dream Pirate 2.20 Gogo Yubari 3.00 The Thames Boatman 3.38 Charlie\u2019s Choice<\/p>\n Kempton <\/b>12.20 Baron Noir 12.55 Leader In The Park 1.30 Precious Man 2.05 The Doyen Chief 2.40 Kalif Du Berlais 3.17 Fasol (nap) 3.53 Quaviste<\/p>\n Warwick <\/b>12.45 Shotgun Rider 1.15 A Great Excuse 1.52 Moon Rocket 2.25 Soldier\u2019s Leap 2.55 Mr Vango (nb) 3.32 Lud D\u2019Or 4.02 Diamond Street<\/p>\n Newcastle <\/b>3.10 Alpine Sierra 3.47 Tasever 4.20 Relevant Range 4.50 Pink Socks 5.20 Inspired 5.50 Goldmoyne 6.20 Sound And Vision 6.50 Spartan Fighter 7.20 Superior Council.<\/p>\n Thank you for your feedback.<\/p>\n Warwick 1.15<\/strong> Jamie Brace\u2019s 5lb claim on A Great Excuse <\/strong>could tip the balance in a tight novice handicap chase.<\/p>\n Kempton 1.30<\/strong> Dan Skelton\u2019s Precious Man <\/strong>made a fine start for his new stable in a traditionally strong juvenile hurdle at Cheltenham in November.<\/p>\n Fairyhouse 1.40<\/strong> Henry de Bromhead\u2019s nine-year-old Inthepocket <\/strong>has just five races to his name over fences and looked sure to improve for the run on his belated handicap debut at Navan in December.<\/p>\n Warwick 1.52<\/strong> A fascinating Grade Two novice chase, with Moon Rocket <\/strong>possibly the pick of the prices if back to the form of his chase debut at Doncaster in November.<\/p>\n Kempton 2.05<\/strong> With significant doubts over Soul Icon\u2019s stamina and Welcome To Cartries\u2019 consistency, The Doyen Chief <\/strong>looks like the safest option at around 100-30 as he drops back to three miles having been stretched by an extra two furlongs last time.<\/p>\n Warwick 2.25<\/strong> Soldier\u2019s Leap <\/strong>won with any amount in hand at Uttoxeter in November but still posted a useful time and has scope for another win off an 11lb higher mark.<\/p>\n Kempton 2.40<\/strong> Kalif Du Berlais, <\/strong>a Grade One-winning novice chaser, <\/strong>was the beaten favourite in the Haldon Gold Cup but the first two home there were both winners next time and the six-year-old should improve for the outing.<\/p>\n Warwick 2.55<\/strong> Sara Bradstock\u2019s stable star, Mr Vango, <\/strong>showed further improvement under a big weight at Aintree in December and will be tough to pass if he gets into a rhythm back over a marathon trip.<\/p>\n Warwick 3.32<\/strong> Lud D\u2019Or <\/strong>remains progressive and will appreciate the step up to three miles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The valuable meetings at Warwick and Kempton on Saturday are subject to inspections at 8am due to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[288,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-685989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-horse-racing","9":"tag-racing","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115868939282483008","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}