← Horse Racing · Kempton · Wed 8 Apr

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Kempton · Wednesday, 8 Apr · 22:00 · 6f · Class 6 · POLYTRACK

WEIGHEDIN

Status

19:00

Off time

Runners

Standard / Slow

Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

INITIAL BLUE (IRE

🥈 Second

HINT OF THE JUNGLE (IRE

🥉 Third

TWILIGHT MADNESS

            #1 · Dr3 · 2.38
          

Betting forecast

Market prediction · 12 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

Twilight Madness

2.38

11/8

02 · 🥈 2nd

Initial Blue

4.50

7/2

03 · 🥉 3rd

Teardrops

8.50

15/2

04 · —

Hello Luna

11

10/1

05 · —

Hint Of The Jungle

11

10/1

06 · —

Arnaz

15

14/1

07 · —

Just Jump

15

14/1

08 · —

Watermelon Sugar

15

14/1

09 · —

Travel Agent

19

18/1

10 · —

Vitalline

41

40/1

11 · —

Big Bard

41

40/1

12 · —

Noble Phoenix

151

150/1

Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.

Runners

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
9th	1	3	Twilight Madness (H) FAV Continued his good form from the all-weather when winning 5f Bath handicap on Sunday. 5 lb claimer up which offsets penalty and he seems sure to be on the premises again.	932319	Ashley Lewis	S Hodgson	8	62.1 kg	2.38 11/8
7th	2	4	Arnaz (G) [TP] Sole success came in May 2024. Caught the eye at Wolverhampton 7 weeks ago but soundly beaten at Southwell since.	760787	L Morris	D M Loughnane	5	61.2 kg	15 14/1
2nd	3	9	Travel Agent (G) [E1] Not unfancied when getting off the mark at Lingfield (6f) in August for Martin Dunne. Should have come on for recent Southwell run for new trainer and not dismissed in new headgear.	211245	Charles Bishop	Adam Kirby	4	61.2 kg	19 18/1
10th	4	8	Watermelon Sugar (G) In good form, landing a gamble in 6f Lingfield handicap 6 weeks ago, doing it a touch cosily in the end. 3 lb rise should leave him competitive although he's never shone at Kempton previously.	51-2100	Joey Haynes	C Banham	7	60.8 kg	15 14/1
4th	5	5	Teardrops (G) [BT] Newcastle regular and wasn't seen to best effect there last time, likely to have finished second had things panned out a little better. Same mark here and Oisin Murphy up.	023480	Oisin Murphy	R Spencer	4	60.3 kg	8.50 15/2
1st	6	12	Initial Blue (G) [B] Reacted well to blinkers when making all with ease in C&D handicap in February and has remained in form, not seen to best effect over 5f at Chelmsford last time. Appealing back here under Billy Loughnane.	331723	Billy Loughnane	Dr R Newland & J Insole	4	60.3 kg	4.50 7/2
11th	7	6	Big Bard (G) [P] Inconsistent sort returned to form from out of the blue to win over C&D in January when plenty went his way. Well held back here 5 weeks ago.	067-190	Jude Fernandes	G & J Moore	8	60.3 kg	41 40/1
3rd	8	1	Hello Luna (F) [V] Won at Windsor last summer but hard to catch right and may prefer 5f ideally.	5-82453	Joe Leavy	J G Portman	4	59.4 kg	11 10/1
5th	9	10	Hint Of The Jungle (G) [HT] In top form, winning 7f handicaps at Southwell and Chelmsford. Building up a good record under this rider and can go well back in trip.	115222	Rob Hornby	M Murphy	5	59.4 kg	11 10/1
8th	10	7	Just Jump (G) [H] Not beaten far again over C&D last time fitted with this headgear and the type his current stable ought to be winning races with, though he'll need to settle down.	3758R1	William Carson	A W Carroll	4	58.1 kg	15 14/1
6th	11	11	Vitalline (G) [BT] Won 7f classified event here at the start of last month but has proven too free in this headgear both starts since. Risky.	506851	Callum Shepherd	Kieran Burke	8	55.3 kg	41 40/1
—	12	2	Noble Phoenix (G) Modest maiden at best, has lost his way (off 6 months prior to latest outing).	0099-09	S D Bowen	D Flood	4	54.4 kg	151 150/1

Betting forecast: Twilight Madness (11/8), Initial Blue (7/2), Teardrops (15/2), Hello Luna (10/1), Hint Of The Jungle (10/1), Arnaz (14/1), Just Jump (14/1), Watermelon Sugar (14/1), Travel Agent (18/1), Vitalline (40/1), Big Bard (40/1), Noble Phoenix (150/1)

Prize money

Position	Prize
P1	3140.0 GBP
P2	1474.0 GBP
P3	736.0 GBP
P4	368.0 GBP
P5	184.0 GBP