Kings Palace to confirm Plumpton promise in Ascot Championship Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (Listed Race)
David Pipe’s 4-year-old, Kings Palace, showed plenty of promise on his debut at Plumpton earlier this month. The 18-length success was not a stroke of luck. He has loads of talent, and could confirm the promise of his wide-margin debut success.
One can easily expect him to be really impressive in Ascot Championship Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (Listed Race), taking place at Royal Ascot on Friday, December 21st.
Kings Palace stunned everyone by displaying a fascinating show on his debut. Under A. P. McCoy, he virtually made all. After setting moderate pace to halfway, the 9-4 chance quickened three furlongs before the wire, and remained in total command afterwards.
With the help of an excellent effort in the final moments, he won the Mixed Marriage Intermediate Open National Hunt Flat Race with ridiculous ease. Having opened his account in a great fashion, the son of King’s Theatre is all set for more. So, the punters
should keep an eye on him while staking money today.
The class-1 meeting has attracted nine runners, who will lock horns for a prize of £6,265. The going is heavy for the 2-mile contest, which is scheduled to begin at 15:40 GMT.
Tiqris and Captain Cutter look the most interesting of the remainder. The former won point before taking the second place in Chepstow bumper. Currently trained by Philip Hobbs, the dashing runner is likely to continue his good work for the new yard.
Captain Cutter is a well-bred gelding, who is trained by Nicky Henderson – someone with an amazing record in bumpers. So, it is hard to ignore his chances.
Out of others, no one makes any good appeal. Boss In Boots showed good promise on debut, but was disappointing last time. An awful loss would have dented his confidence to a great deal.
Golanova did not find the trip ideal last time and as a result, faced an embarrassing defeat. The Gary Moore-trained is a capable fellow, and might do better. Be My Present won a good-ground contest at Kempton in March 2011, and does not make much appeal
on comeback.
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