Wednesday 1st
February
5.20 Kempton King of
Windsor 2pt win 4/1 +. 9/2 Paddy Power and Victor
King Of Windsor is a very interesting runner, making his
debut for the excellent Keith Dalglish.
Formerly trained by Ralph Beckett, King of Windsor was an
underachiever. When he finished 2nd,
as a 3 year old, off a handicap mark of 85, in a decent 8 furlong, Ascot
handicap, it looked as though he would make up in to a decent middle distance
horse. Later that summer he picked up an
injury which saw him off the course for the best part of a year.
On returning from his lay off, his first 4 races were
disappointing, and it looked as though his injury had seriously affected his
ability. His final run for Ralph Beckett
saw him stepped up to 10 furlongs, and produce his best run for a long while. I find it amazing that the owners have decided
to sell him for just £11,000, at the Ascot sales in December on the back of
that run.
It is my guess that Jim Crowley told Keith Dalgleish to buy
the horse, which probably explains why he’s in the saddle rather than Joe
Fanning, who is at the meeting and rides the majority of Dalgleish’s horses.
King of Windsor’s performance last time should be good
enough to win this, and there is every reason to believe that he can improve on
that effort. He travelled like the best
handicapped horse in the race last time, and was only beaten because he came
from further back than the 2 horses that finished in front of him. The winner that day, Emerald Witness has won
twice since and is now rated 96 having raced off 83, in King of Windsor’s race.
The Mongoose has been well backed this evening, and has an
obvious chance. But he is still a
maiden, and could well be a horse who travels well, but ultimately fails to
deliver.
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