March 28 / 16.28 Kempton (AW)

16.28

Standard To Slow

Virgin Bet/British EBF Conditions Stakes (Colts & Geldings)

  • Prize money: £15462
  • 1m 0f 0y
  • Class 2
  • 9 runners
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Virgin Bet/British EBF Conditions Stakes (Colts & Geldings)

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Polytrack

Weather: Partly cloudy

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16/1

  • Place: £6.00

Form: 88211- D

Last run: 90 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Ran just once for Aidan O'Brien before changing hands for 16,000gns last October; proving money well spent by new connections, improving with each start and unextended to win a novice at Newcastle (7f) and a 1m handicap at Southwell on his last two starts; unlikely he has reached his peak just yet but he is in deeper today and he has to concede weight all round.
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7th

3

(7)

16th May 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 3

17:40 Newbury

Lake Como

9st 8lb

J: William Buick

T: George Boughey

Respectable fourth in Newmarket handicap (1m) last time, without quite transferring his broadly progressive AW form back to turf; again has frame possibilities off an unchanged mark.

6/1

Form: 5138- C

Last run: 182 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
7f course win last August and he then ran to a similar level under a penalty one month later; 250-1 and tailed off in the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes when last seen; hard to fancy.
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1st

1

(6)

27th May 2026

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 4

20:00 Kempton (AW)

Lord Britain

9st 9lb

J: Mason Paetel

T: Ismail Mohammed

Has been competitive or more when away from Group company and a strongly run race back at 7f should suit; others still appeal more from a handicapping perspective.

16/1

11th

9

(14)

2nd May 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket

Lord Britain

9st 2lb

J: Benoit De La Sayette

T: Ismail Mohammed

Campaigned mainly on AW, most recently 5l fourth (ran well but never dangerous) to King's Trail at Kempton on seasonal debut; bottom of this pack on the figures and trailed home last in the Royal Lodge on sole turf attempt; this outsider has plenty to prove and plenty to find.

200/1

4th

7

(4)

28th Mar 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

16:28 Kempton (AW)

Lord Britain

9st 2lb

J: Paddy Bradley

T: Ismail Mohammed

7f course win last August and he then ran to a similar level under a penalty one month later; 250-1 and tailed off in the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes when last seen; hard to fancy.

66/1

16/1

Form: 1625- BF

Last run: 168 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 91

Form & Verdict
Absent since a heavy defeat in a York nursery last October (1m, good; strong favourite); gelded over the winter; even his peak 2yo efforts will need bettering in this field.
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6th

6

(7)

28th Mar 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

16:28 Kempton (AW)

Hes Waliim

9st 2lb

J: Callum Shepherd

T: James Tate

Absent since a heavy defeat in a York nursery last October (1m, good; strong favourite); gelded over the winter; even his peak 2yo efforts will need bettering in this field.

16/1

1

(4)

11th Oct 2025

Good

0m 7f 192y

Class 2

14:40 York

Hes Waliim

9st 9lb

J: Daniel Tudhope

T: James Tate

Impressive on debut at Beverley (7.4f, good to firm) in August; last of six in Group 3 at Sandown (7f, soft) next time before second in a novice at Kempton (1m, AW), drawing clear with a very promising Allegresse who runs in a Group 3 at Newmarket today (1:50); he's a highly likeable prospect himself for his in-form yard and respected in his first nursery.

11/8

2nd

1

(4)

18th Sep 2025

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

18:12 Kempton (AW)

Hes Waliim

9st 10lb

J: James Doyle

T: James Tate

Won by 6l on last month's Beverley debut (7f, good to firm), but found it all too much when last of six in the Group 3 Solario at Sandown (7f, soft) 17 days later; closely related to a dual Polytrack winner (including here) and back down in grade, but he may be vulnerable under his penalty.

11/4

Form: 137-

Last run: 168 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Made a winning debut in a 7f novice at Chelmsford last August; came up short in two Group 3 events at Newmarket in the autumn, after which he was gelded; the Gosden stable has won three of the last seven runnings of the race but each of those was with a once-raced novice winner.
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14th

3

(1)

30th May 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 173y

Class 2

15:45 Carlisle

Archer Royal

9st 7lb

J: William Buick

T: John & Thady Gosden

Won debut (7f, AW) and came third in Group 3 at Newmarket (7f, good) last September; however, he was last of seven in another Group 3 there (1m, good to firm) on final 2yo outing and beaten 10l in a conditions stakes at Kempton (1m, AW) on March reappearance; the latter was a hot race but today's first-time headgear for handicap debut needs to prompt a vastly better show.

11/1

7th

5

(3)

28th Mar 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

16:28 Kempton (AW)

Archer Royal

9st 2lb

J: Tyler Heard

T: John & Thady Gosden

Made a winning debut in a 7f novice at Chelmsford last August; came up short in two Group 3 events at Newmarket in the autumn, after which he was gelded; the Gosden stable has won three of the last seven runnings of the race but each of those was with a once-raced novice winner.

8/1

Form: 4143-

Last run: 160 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Created a positive impression when winning a 7f novice at Doncaster on his second 2yo run; better form when a close fourth in Listed company at the St Leger meeting and ended that campaign with a close third in an Italian Group 3; stepping up to 1m should suit; more to come.
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8th

9

(2)

28th Mar 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

16:28 Kempton (AW)

Sunset On Leros

9st 2lb

J: Daniel Muscutt

T: Marco Botti

Created a positive impression when winning a 7f novice at Doncaster on his second 2yo run; better form when a close fourth in Listed company at the St Leger meeting and ended that campaign with a close third in an Italian Group 3; stepping up to 1m should suit; more to come.

9/1

4th

10

(4)

12th Sep 2025

Good

0m 7f 6y

Class 1

13:50 Doncaster

Sunset On Leros

9st 2lb

J: Benoit De La Sayette

T: Marco Botti

Well-held fourth of five at Newmarket (7f, good to firm) but his win in another novice here (7f, good) nearly five weeks later was delivered in smooth style; has 1m Group 2 Royal Lodge entry; another to consider in a field packed with promise.

14/1

4

(1)

24th Jul 2025

Soft

0m 7f 6y

Class 2

14:00 Doncaster

Sunset On Leros

9st 7lb

J: Benoit De La Sayette

T: Marco Botti

42,000gns yearling; well-held fourth of five on Newmarket debut (7f, good to firm) last month but he ran well for a long way and the runner-up finished a close third in a Group 2 next time; sets the standard on that form and he has slow-ground winners in his useful pedigree; respected.

11/4

Form: 14524-

Last run: 154 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Highly tried after making a successful racecourse debut at Ayr last summer and he came up short, albeit he ran well in the Acomb at York and when runner-up in Listed company last October; the switch to AW shouldn't present an issue but others appeal more for win purposes.
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9th

8

(9)

28th Mar 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

16:28 Kempton (AW)

Rochfortbridge

9st 2lb

J: Callum Rodriguez

T: Adrian Paul Keatley

Highly tried after making a successful racecourse debut at Ayr last summer and he came up short, albeit he ran well in the Acomb at York and when runner-up in Listed company last October; the switch to AW shouldn't present an issue but others appeal more for win purposes.

8/1

6

(4)

25th Oct 2025

Heavy

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

14:05 Doncaster

Rochfortbridge

9st 3lb

J: Oisin McSweeney

T: Adrian Paul Keatley

Ayr debut winner who has come up short in Group 3 and Listed races on his three starts since and would be a shock winner this afternoon.

66/1

2

(4)

20th Oct 2025

Good

1m 0f 6y

Class 1

15:03 Pontefract

Rochfortbridge

9st 5lb

J: Oisin McSweeney

T: Adrian Paul Keatley

Won on debut at Ayr (7f, good to soft) in July and kept on for fourth in the Group 3 Acomb at York (7f, good to firm) next time; failed to build on that when fifth in Group 3 at Chantilly (1m, soft) last month but the York performance suggested he would improve for 1m and he's not discounted.

7/2

Form: 1 CD

Last run: 24 days

W: 9st 6lb

3 yo Gelding

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Form: 1- CD

Last run: 117 days

W: 9st 6lb

3 yo Colt

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Form: 1 D

Last run: 35 days

W: 9st 6lb

3 yo Colt

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Payout
Exacta £16.70
Straight Forecast £18.71
Trifecta £202.30

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

King's Trail

POSTDATA:

Rochfortbridge

Daily Mail:

Sin City

RP RATINGS:

Sunset On Leros

TOPSPEED:

He's Waliim

NEWMARKET:

King's Trail

The Times:

King's Trail

The Guardian:

King's Trail

D Express:

King's Trail

Daily Mirror:

King's Trail

The Sun:

King's Trail

The Star:

King's Trail

Daily Record:

King's Trail

Telegraph:

Rochfortbridge