The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race is the sixth race that takes place during the Evening Racing meeting at Kempton Park Racecourse every year, and the first of two editions of The Class 5 Handicap Flat Race.
The August Evening Racing meeting presents a spectacular nine-race card every year, which can alter slightly depending on surrounding race days, and features some flat race delights such as The Class 3 Handicap and The EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes.
Don’t miss the next edition of the August Evening Racing meeting live from the prestigious Kempton Park Racecourse on Wednesday the 11th of August 2021. For all of The Kempton Park Racecourse Evening 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 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race is a Class 5 handicap flat race that serves as the sixth race of Kempton Park’s Evening Racing meeting every summer.
Exclusively open to horses aged just two years old, The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race runs precisely 1 mile of Kempton Park Racecourse and usually features a fairly large field of runners.
A share of a £5,400 purse was up for grabs last time out, which was assigned to the first four finishers in the following manner:
1st place – 15/2 Conscious (GB) – £3,493
2nd place – 15/2 Ascraeus (GB) – £1,040
3rd place – 4/1 Glen Esk (GB) – £519
4th place – 16/1 Lyricist Voice (GB) – £260
The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race is scheduled to begin at 15:50 on Wednesday the 11th of August 2021.
Runners
The runners that participate in The Class 5 Handicap Flat Race consistently do a fantastic job of putting on a fantastic show. This season, this race will be split into two divisions, so double the excitement.
Here are the runners, their starting prices and how they fared in this fantastic edition of the race at Kempton Park’s Evening Racing meeting at Kempton Park Racecourse last time out in 2020 (ordered by saddlecloth number):
- Lyricist Voice (GB) – fourth-place finish – 16/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-9 – ridden by jockey Stefano Cherchi and trained by Marco Botti
- Mykonos St John (GB) – seventh-place finish – 6/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-8 – ridden by jockey Nicola Currie and trained by Jamie Osborne
- Ivaquestion (IRE) – tenth-place finish – 22/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-7 – ridden by jockey Hollie Doyle and trained by Simon Dow
- Bythebay (GB) – sixth-place finish – 10/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-6 – ridden by jockey James Doyle and trained by Joseph Tuite
- Flying West (GB) – fifth-place finish – 20/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-6 – ridden by jockey George Wood and trained by James Fanshawe
- Conscious (GB) – first-place finish – 15/2 starting price – weighing in at 9-5 – ridden by jockey Ryan Moore and trained by Roger Charlton
- Productive (IRE) – twelfth-place finish – 25/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-5 – ridden by jockey PJ McDonald and trained by Karl Burke
- Newton Jack (GB) – fourteenth-place finish – 9/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-4 – ridden by jockey Robert Havlin and trained by Stuart Kittow
- Mabre (IRE) – eighth-place finish – 10/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-4 – ridden by jockey Harry Bentley and trained by David Evans
- Glen Esk (GB) – third-place finish – 4/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-3 – ridden by jockey Jack Mitchell and trained by Chris Wall
- Ascraeus (GB) – second-place finish – 15/2 starting price – weighing in at 9-2 – ridden by jockey William Buick and trained by Andrew Balding
- Licit (IRE) – ninth-place finish – 20/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-1 – ridden by jockey Kieran Shoemark and trained by Mohammed Moubarak
- Divine Connection (GB) – thirteenth-place finish – 33/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-0 – ridden by jockey Rob Hornby and trained by Jonathon Portman
- Glencora (IRE) – eleventh-place finish – 20/1 starting price – weighing in at 8-12 – ridden by jockey Hayley Turner and trained by David Elsworth
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Odds
The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race featured odds ranging from 4/1 for the race favourite Glen Esk up to 33/1 for the longest outsider Divine Connection last summer.
This edition of The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race was won by 15/2 priced Conscious, who transformed, for example, all £10 outright backing stakes into £85 in returns, £75 in profits.
Previous Winners
Here are the previous 4 winners of The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race at The Evening Racing, including their odds, closest competitors and race stats:
2020
The current reigning champion in The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race at Kempton Park’s Evening Racing meeting is Conscious, who won the race with a starting price of 15/2, ridden by jockey Ryan Moore and trained by Roger Charlton.
Equally priced Ascraeus finished two lengths behind Conscious in second place, followed by 4/1 priced race favourite Glen Esk in third place and 16/1 priced Lyricist Voice in fourth.
2019
The winner of The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race during The Evening Racing at Kempton Park Racecourse in 2019 was 14/1 priced Image Of The Moon, ridden by jockey Cieren Fallon and trained by Shaun Keightley.
10/11 priced race favourite Dargel finished just half a length behind Image Of The Moon in second place, followed by 5/2 priced second favourite Universal Effect in third place and 11/1 priced Kings Royal Hussar in fourth.
2018
Ridden by jockey James Doyle and trained by William Haggas, 9/4 priced race favourite Extra Large finished first in The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race at Kempton Park Racecourse in August 2018.
12/1 priced Goodwood Showman finished just three-quarters of a length behind Extra Large in second place, followed by 7/1 priced Directory in third place and equally priced Exeat in fourth.
2017
Mudallel, the 10/3 priced race favourite, finished first in The Class 5 Handicap (Div 1) Flat Race at The Evening Racing meeting in 2017, ridden by jockey James Doyle and trained by Ed Dunlop.
16/1 priced Precious Angel finished three and three-quarter lengths behind Mudallel in second place, followed by 6/1 priced Dangerous Ends in third place and 11/2 priced Scoones in fourth.
