Kempton (AW)
19:15
Unibet Zero% Mission Handicap
Kempton (AW) Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 Distance: 2m Type: Flat Going: Standard To Slow Class: Class 6 Surface: AW
Win: £10 Place: £3.90 £1.50 Exacta: £30.90 Tricast: £131.52 Trifecta: £139
Non-Runners: Escarpment (withdrawn; vet's advice), Smart Champion (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Zivaniya (GB) 5 G AVG Hugo Palmer 127 lbs 10/1 Won In touch with leaders - headway from over 2f out - hung right and bumped rival but led over 1f out - ran on inside final furlong (trainer's rep said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding was dropped in on this occasion to help him settle and also benefitted from the first-time application of a tongue tie)(op 11/1)
2nd 7 Natacata (GB) 4 F Poor Jane Chapple-Hyam 130 lbs 9/4F 1.5 Led - bumped and headed over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 3/1 tchd 10/3)
3rd 3 Doublethetrouble (GB) 6 G Poor John Butler 132 lbs 17/2 1.25 Prominent - outpaced over 1f out - kept on but no impression inside final furlong(op 9/1 tchd 15/2)
4th 1 Pop The Champagne (FR) 8 M AVG David Killahena & Graeme McPherson 138 lbs 100/30 3 In touch with leaders - some headway from 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 3/1 tchd 7/2)
5th 2 Easter Icon (GB) 5 G AVG Gary Brown 129 lbs 5/1 1.75 Held up in rear - raced wide from 4f out - weakened from over 2f out(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
6th 4 Grandee (IRE) 10 G Poor Jim & Suzi Best 135 lbs 9/1 0.3 Towards rear - some headway over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 10/1 tchd 17/2)