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Class 4 Handicap

The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race is the seventh race that takes place annually for the August Afternoon Racing meeting at Kempton Park Racecourse each summer.

The August Afternoon Racing meeting is a thrilling horse racing affair that offers a comprehensive eight-race card that includes a variety of race classes and age-restricted flat races.

Kempton Park Racecourse is the elegant host of this exquisite event, which takes place between a selection of Evening Racing meetings every season on the racecourse’s high-quality all-weather Polytrack.

The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race will next take place on Friday the 20th of August 2021. For all of The Kempton Park Racecourse Afternoon Racing news and ticket information, sign up for The Jockey Club’s newsletter at https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/newsletter/.

About The Race

The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race is a Class 4 handicap flat race that serves as the penultimate race of the August Afternoon Racing meeting at Kempton Park Racecourse every year.

Horses aged three years old and above can participate in The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race, which runs just six furlongs of Kempton Park Racecourse – the joint shortest race of the day.

A share of a generous £11,200 purse was to fight for last time out, which was shared between the teams of the first four horses to pass the final post as follows:

1st place – 16/1 Power Link (USA) – £6,469

2nd place – 6/1 Busby (IRE) – £1,925

3rd place – 5/4 Lady Dancealot (IRE) – £962

4th place – 16/1 Private Matter (GB) – £481

The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race will begin at 17:05 on Friday the 20th of August 2021.

Runners

As a Class 4 race, The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race at Kempton Park Racecourse features horses with official ratings of between 66 and 85.

Here are the runners, their starting prices and how they fared in this fantastic race at Kempton Park’s Afternoon Racing meeting at Kempton Park Racecourse last time out in 2019 (ordered by saddlecloth number):

  1. Sparkalot (GB) – fifth-place finish – 14/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-12 – ridden by jockey Levi Williams and trained by Simon Dow
  2. Airshow (GB) – sixth-place finish – 14/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-12 – ridden by jockey Alistair Rawlinson and trained by Michael Appleby
  3. Last Page (GB) – Withdrawn – starting price N/A – weighing in at 9-10 – assigned jockey David Egan and trained by David Loughnane
  4. Katheefa (USA) – eighth-place finish – 16/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-10 – ridden by jockey Jack Garritty and trained by Richard Hannon
  5. Givinitsum (SAF) – seventh-place finish – 33/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-9 – ridden by jockey Charles Bishop and trained by Eve Johnson Houghton
  6. Lady Dancealot (IRE) – third-place finish – 5/4 starting price – weighing in at 9-9 – ridden by jockey Gerald Mosse and trained by David Elsworth
  7. Typhoon Ten (IRE) – ninth-place finish – 7/2 starting price – weighing in at 9-5 – ridden by jockey Sean Levey and trained by Richard Hannon
  8. Power Link (USA) – first-place finish – 16/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-4 – ridden by jockey Oisin Murphy and trained by James Tate
  9. Busby (IRE) – second-place finish – 6/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-3 – ridden by jockey Martin Dwyer and trained by Conrad Allen
  10. Private Matter (GB) – fourth-place finish – 16/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-2 – ridden by jockey David Probert and trained by Amy Murphy
  11. Uncle Jerry (GB) – Non-Runner – starting price N/A – weighing in at 9-1 – not assigned a jockey – trained by Mohammed Moubarak

Tips

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Odds

Last time out, The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race featured odds ranging from 5/4 for the race favourite Lady Dancealot up to 33/1 for the longest outsider Givinitsum.

This edition of The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race was in fact won by 16/1 priced slight outsider Power Link, who converted £10 outright backing stakes into £170 in returns, £160 in profits.

Previous Winners

Here are the previous 4 winners of The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race at The Afternoon Racing, including their odds, closest competitors and race stats:

2020

The August Afternoon Racing meeting did not take place at Kempton Park Racecourse in 2020.

2019

The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race featured during the most recent edition of the August Afternoon Racing meeting at Kempton Park Racecourse and it was won by 16/1 priced Power Link, ridden by jockey Oisin Murphy and trained by James Tate.

6/1 priced Busby finished three and three-quarter lengths behind Power Link in second place, followed by 5/4 priced race favourite Lady Dancealot in third place and 16/1 priced Private Matter in fourth.

2018

Chagatai, the 2/1 priced Irish race favourite, finished first in The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race at Kempton Park Racecourse in August 2018, ridden by jockey Adam Kirby and trained by Clive Cox.

8/1 priced Kamra finished just three-quarters of a length behind Chagatai in second place, followed by 33/1 priced outsider Time Zone in third place and 11/2 priced Maakaasib in fourth.

2017

Ridden by jockey Adam Kirby and trained by Simon and Ed Crisford, 6/4 priced race favourite Maakaasib finished first in The Class 4 Handicap Flat Race during the August Afternoon Racing meeting in 2017.

5/1 priced Dark Side Dream finished just a neck behind Maakaasib in second place, followed by 5/2 priced second-favourite Hackney Road in third place and 11/1 priced Storm Cry in fourth.