THELASTHIGHKING shouldn’t beryllium underestimated arsenic helium bids to amended his 2nd of 12 months agone successful the racingtv.com Handicap Chase (3.10) astatine Kempton Park.
Nigel Twiston-Davies’ eight-year-old was competing from a British Horseracing Authority people of 134 erstwhile going nether by 3 lengths to Our Jet successful this contention past year.
My selection’s signifier since that metallic medal has been thing to constitute location astir – Thelasthighking has failed to marque the podium successful his 4 consequent starts.
But the assessor has taken those defeats into relationship and Jordan Nailor’s equine has dropped to a caller standing of 126.
The Twiston-Davies bandwagon is chugging on astatine a steadfast strike-rate of adjacent 1 successful six and, Thelasthighking is taken to outrun his odds.
At Ludlow, EL VIGARO rates a worthy marketplace person for the Flowfit Handicap Hurdle (2.15).
The Matt Sheppard-saddled five-year-old missed retired by a magnitude and a 4th erstwhile chasing location Crystal Glance astatine Uttoxeter astatine the commencement of the period earlier going 1 amended successful the Potteries to clasp Ez Tiger by 2 and three-quarter lengths 15 days later.
A 5lb emergence successful the handicap should not halt different bully relationship from a equine who inactive has much to springiness connected his eighth outing successful the nonrecreational ranks.
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Getty) Monday's selections
KEMPTON PARK
12.30 OUR LIL
1.00 GROOVY BLUE
1.30 IBERICO LORD
2.00 CRAVEN BAY
2.35 KATEIRA
3.10 THELASTHIGHKING (NAP)
3.45 KING WILLIAM RUFUS
LUDLOW
12.45 MEETMEBYTHESEA
1.15 COCONUT TWIST
1.45 MALAGO ROSE
2.15 EL VIGARO (NB)
2.50 MR GREY SKY
3.25 BROWNSTONE
DOUBLE: THELASTHIGHKING and EL VIGARO