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Try Unibet's Superboosts Handicap Stakes
Class 5, 1m4f (1m3f219y), Flat, 3yo, Rated 0-70, £4,187, 6 runners
- Going
- POLYTRACK: STANDARD TO SLOW
- Surface
- AW
- Stalls
- Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Time To Sparkle looks the one to side with in this modest Kempton contest over twelve furlongs, as his progressive profile and fitness edge give him the upside over a rival who is only narrowly ahead on our figures. Pierpoint is the top-rated runner at 78 and merits respect, just three pounds better than our pick, but he does not offer the same upward trajectory. Takeitorleaveit is only a pound behind Time To Sparkle and Mr Bollinger is not out of it either, so this is far from a penalty-kick. Even so, Time To Sparkle is the preferred option in a six-runner field, and he is our selection.
Runners
Oisin Murphy
Andrew Balding 10/76
Floating Market was sixth last time out and has finished fifth in two of her other recent runs, so her win two starts back looks the exception. She has run over today's trip and is fresh enough after 18 days, but 135 lb off 70 is a big ask, and our rating of 66 ranks her last of six.
- Sire
- Bangkok (IRE)
- Dam
- St Mary's (GB) by Siyouni
- Owner
- Kingsclere Racing Club
- Foaled
- 24 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Kingsclere, Hants
- Trainer last 14 days
- 10 wins from 76 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 59%
- Ratings
- Perf 66, Speed 67
Harry Vigors (5)
James Keane 0/1
Time To Sparkle arrives in cracking nick, winning last time out and again two starts back, with a third three starts back before that, and she has run over today's distance and going before. Carrying 133 lb is the one reservation, but her form after 32 days off keeps her our pick.
- Sire
- Time Test (GB)
- Dam
- Sparkle (GB) by Oasis Dream
- Owner
- D Keane
- Foaled
- 8 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 53%
- Ratings
- Perf 75, Speed 51
Pat Dobbs
Richard Hannon 4/47
Pierpoint is the top-rated runner on our figures at 78, and she has run over today's trip, but a sixth last time out leaves her winless in her last five starts and she returns after 45 days off. Her official mark of 68 gives her scope to outrun recent efforts, though carrying 133 lb is the main risk.
- Sire
- Palace Pier (GB)
- Dam
- Stirring Ballad (GB) by Compton Place
- Owner
- Mrs J Wood
- Foaled
- 15 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Herridge, Wilts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 47 runs (9%)
- Trainer running to form
- 38%
- Ratings
- Perf 78, Speed 62
Hector Crouch
Michael Bell 3/12
Mr Bollinger won three starts back and was a second two runs ago, so he's a live threat, and his 70 rating looks a fair match for his official 67 while he has run over today's trip. The main risk is that he was pulled up last time out, after 37 days off.
- Sire
- Munnings (USA)
- Dam
- Faithfully (USA) by Smart Strike
- Owner
- Neil Smith Alfie Smith
- Foaled
- 14 May 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 12 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 70, Speed 63
Rossa Ryan
Ed Dunlop 2/16
That Darn Cantor is yet to win in his last six runs, though he was second last time out, ahead of a fourth two starts back, and he has run over today's trip. Carrying 131 lb and ranked fifth of six on our figures, he is hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Too Darn Hot (GB)
- Dam
- Capricious Cantor (IRE) by Cape Cross
- Owner
- Alec Leopold Ms Leanne Norman
- Foaled
- 15 May 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 16 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 69, Speed 62
Rob Hornby
Jonathan Portman 2/23
Takeitorleaveit arrives in cracking nick, third last time out and a second two starts back, having also finished second three starts back, and he's back after just seven days with experience of today's trip and going. The main risk is a hefty 130 lb, with a speed rating of 55 hardly eye-catching.
- Sire
- Ubettabelieveit (IRE)
- Dam
- Viletta (GER) by Doyen
- Owner
- Berkeley Racing
- Foaled
- 18 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 23 runs (9%)
- Trainer running to form
- 53%
- Ratings
- Perf 74, Speed 55
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.