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LiveScore Racing Preview: Kempton, February 26, 2022
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Kempton stages seven races on Saturday
Kempton stages seven races on Saturday

There is plenty of high-quality jumps racing at Kempton to look forward to on Saturday afternoon, headlined by the Grade 3 Coral Trophy Handicap Chase at 3.37pm.

The supporting races include three more graded contests and they race at Kempton Park from 1.15pm until 4.45pm, with conditions forecast to be 'Good to soft-good in places'. 

We have picked out five to follow on the afternoon at the Sunbury circuit.  

1.15pm - Coral 'Fail-To-Finish' Free Bets Handicap Chase (2m4½f)

Others seemingly arrive in better tune — Flegmatik, Patroclus and Le Cameleon, for example — but ONE TRUE KING may have a major role to play in this Kempton opener for Nigel and Sam Twiston-Davies. 

He made a decent start over fences this season, winning at Sandown (1m7½f, good to soft) on his third start in December at the Tingle Creek Festival and he has faced a couple of challenging assignments since at Ascot and Lingfield. 

This is a drop in class for him as he rises in trip and this track should allow him to get home over the extended two-and-a-half-miles. 

LiveScore selection: One True King 

1.50pm - Coral Adonis Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2, 2m)

Newcomers Pleasant Man and Rubaud are noted for champion trainer Paul Nicholls but his Ditcheat string simply aren't firing with consistency of late. 

Together with Nicky Henderson and Alan King, the leading trio can account for 15 Adonis Hurdles since 2004, and Impulsive One is a player for the Seven Barrows handler now. 

Big Boy Bobby, by contrast, has a lot of work to do for King. 

KNIGHT SALUTE is not a big animal, but he's got speed and has twice defeated Impulsive One this season, including in a Doncaster Grade 2 in December when Porticello split them. 

That rival has won both starts since, including a Grade 1 in effortless fashion, and this looks an ideal test for a horse of Knight Salute's current constitution — far more so than, for example, next month's Triumph Hurdle. 

LiveScore selection: Knight Salute 

2.25pm - Coral Pendil Novices' Chase (Grade 2, 2m4½f)

Pic D'orhy was impressive at Ascot in December and a replication of that would make him hard to topple. 

He was, though, put in his place this month in the Scilly Isles at Sandown won by L'homme Presse and has to bounce back with his trainer's string under a cloud. 

MINELLA DRAMA, on the other hand, improved for the step up to this trip when bagging a Grade 2 at Haydock last month in straightforward fashion. 

He, like Pic D'orhy, has a 5lb penalty to carry but is fancied to come forward again and be successful for Donald McCain and champion jockey-elect Brian Hughes. 

LiveScore selection: Minella Drama 

3pm - Sky Bet Dovecote Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2, 2m)

Aucunrisque is an improving sort with claims, while Iceo was most impressive over C&D at Christmas only to flop since in a Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham. 

He may do better back on this level track but Gary Moore's SHALLWEHAVEONEMORE won a Sandown novice by 20-lengths despite once more racing a bit keenly. 

This is a rise in class for him but, again, the track ought to suit him and he's the one they all need to worry about in the Dovecote. 

LiveScore selection: Shallwehaveonemore 

3.37pm - Coral Trophy Handicap Chase (Grade 3, 3m)

The feature race on the card and one in which Annsam will bid to follow up December's Ascot success for Evan Williams and Adam Wedge. 

Runner-up Phoenix Way enhanced that form next time (one of four next-time-out scorers) and re-opposes though he is effectively 3lb worse off. 

Five Star Getaway is a C&D winner this season and should go well but OUR POWER is a big player for in-form duo Sam Thomas and Charlie Deutsch. 

Charlie Deutsch is set to ride Our Power in the Coral Trophy Handicap Chase
Charlie Deutsch is set to ride Our Power in the Coral Trophy Handicap Chase

The 7YO gave lots of weight and a beating to Dorking Lad at Huntingdon in January, with the runner-up a convincing winner of both starts since and he is well worth a crack in this grade for connections enjoying a really good spell. 

LiveScore selection: Our Power

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