Wednesday Lucky 15 Tips: ‘Lightning’ to strike at Kempton

Yesterday’s headline selection, ridden by the rightly-lauded Simon Walker, duly obliged; but we couldn’t hook it up with any similar successes, and a non-runner didn’t help the cause. Our solitary winner meant the odds were trebled, one of the special features of a Lucky 15 – there’s a handy guide regarding how it all works below.

For today’s Lucky 15 suggestion I’m going to the early evening meeting at Kempton, which in just under a week will be staging the iconic King George/Christmas Hurdle meeting, but today we’ve got some competitive all-weather action on the Polytrack.

Prices can of course fluctuate between publishing our pieces and race-time. As a guide, a £0.50p win Lucky 15 on today’s selections, at the prices, and assuming all four were successful, would return around £153 for your total £7.50 stake.

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16.55 – Romilda @ 9/4

The selection is a 3-yr-old Kingman filly trained by William Haggas and ridden by 7lb claimer Jack Enright.

Six career starts thus far without troubling the judge, but ran as well as she ever has last time at Lingfield, running on nicely to be placed in this grade. That determined finish has prompted connections to step up a couple of furlongs to a mile-and-a-half tonight, and it could be an inspired move.

Her dam is by Galileo so again this extended trip could be just the job – and the quality of the stable hardly needs advertising here.

18.30 – Lightning Touch @ 13/8

A 2-yr-old filly by the mighty Frankel, housed in the powerful Varian yard and ridden by Jack Mitchell.

One spin so far, in October, at Lingfield – a close-up fourth at this one-mile trip. She was outpaced early but began to get the message in the straight and ran on very nicely. Sure to have benefitted from the experience and looks very interesting today.

On the sweet dreams front she’s entered up in next summer’s Irish Oaks, and you never know – this might just be stepping-stone number one on the path to achieving wonderful things.

19.00 – Talis Evolvere @ 2/1

One of our recent successful naps, courtesy of an inspired Rossa Ryan ride at Wolves.

To offset the penalty for that victory the Hannon yard have their excellent apprentice Alec Voikhansky in the plate, and funnily enough the horse he nabbed late at Wolverhampton, Urban Sprawl, re-opposes after narrowly failing too at Chelmsford.

‘Talis’ is only a pound worse off with his old rival and if you consider Alec’s 5lb claim he’s actually well in. Horses oppose who aren’t for me in the same fairly rich vein of form and I can see Talis Evolvere once again cutting down Urban Sprawl close home, to register another deserved victory.

He proved his resolve at Wolves and looked a tough, game campaigner on only his sixth career start.

19.30 – Probe @ 3/1

Not arguably a huge pot to the winner (around £12,000), but a cracking, small-but-select Class 2 sprint handicap that wouldn’t look out of place in high summer.

Old hero Summerghand graces any occasion he’s involved in, but it’s to Staffordshire trainer Jennie Candlish I’m looking to provide, hopefully, the likely winner.

Probe is a 5-yr-old Kingman gelding who won easily at Chelmsford last time and is up 5lb for that cosy success. He’s making his Kempton debut but it’s encouraging he performed so impressively there on Polytrack, the surface he’ll encounter tonight in Sunbury-on-Thames.

He travelled like the proverbial travelly-thing in Essex and it could be that the switch to all-weather racing has galvanised him. A Gordon Elliott charge no less is amongst his rivals and it’s a superb little heat. Highlight of the card for me.

Lucky 15 tips, from Betfred Insights.