Novice Stakes (Div 1)

The fourth race that takes place at Kempton Park Racecourse’s Evening Racing meeting every summer is The Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race.

Throughout the summer, Kempton Park Racecourse in Surrey holds a number of Evening Racing meetings, which include an exciting range of various class and age category races.

On Wednesday the 30th of June 2021, Kempton Park Racecourse will host the next edition of this particular Evening Racing meeting. 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 Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race is a Class 5 flat race for novices that serves as the fourth race of Kempton Park’s Evening Racing every June/July.

Open to novice horses over the age of three years old, The Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race runs 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 219 yards of Kempton Park Racecourse and is followed by the Division 2 edition of the same race.

A share of £5,400 was to contest last summer, which was divided between the winning and placing runners as follows:

1st place – 5/4 Inherent (GB) – £3,493

2nd place – 7/2 Media Storm (GB) – £1,040

3rd place – 18/1 Make Haste Slowly (GB) – £519

4th place – 14/1 Carausius (GB) – £260

The next edition of The Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race will start at approximately 18:10 on Wednesday the 30th of June 2021.

Runners

The runners in The Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race at Kempton Park Racecourse may be novices, but they’ve been trained by some of the best racehorse trainers in the industry who will be sure to teach them everything they need to know to become some of the best in the business.

Here are the runners, their starting prices and how they fared in this fantastic race at Kempton Park’s Evening Racing meeting at Kempton Park Racecourse last time out in 2020 (ordered by saddlecloth number):

Hey Gracie (GB) – seventh-place finish – 10/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-12 – ridden by jockey Harry Bentley and trained by Ralph Beckett
Make Haste Slowly (GB) – third-place finish – 18/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-12 – ridden by jockey Joey Haynes and trained by David Elsworth
Merry Yarn (IRE) – eighth-place finish – 28/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-12 – ridden by jockey Martin Harley and trained by Alan King
Red Centre (USA) – fifth-place finish – 4/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-12 – ridden by jockey James Doyle and trained by John and Thady Gosden
Media Storm (GB) – second-place finish – 7/2 starting price – weighing in at 9-7 – ridden by jockey Andrea Atzeni and trained by David Simcock
Badreputation (GB) – ninth-place finish – 125/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-0 – ridden by jockey Jimmy Quinn and trained by Marco Botti
Carausius (GB) – fourth-place finish – 14/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-0 – ridden by jockey Kieran Shoemark and trained by Charles Hills
Inherent (GB) – first-place finish – 5/4 starting price – weighing in at 9-0 – ridden by jockey Ryan Moore and trained by Sir Michael Stoute
Scarborough Castle (GB) – tenth-place finish – 66/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-0 – ridden by jockey Stevie Donohoe and trained by Ed Vaughan
Siempre Rapido (GB) – sixth-place finish – 33/1 starting price – weighing in at 9-0 – ridden by jockey Liam Keniry and trained by Stuart Kittow
Tindrum (GB) – Withdrawn – starting price N/A – weighing in at 9-0 – assigned jockey Cieren Fallon and trained by Heather Main

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Odds

Odds for The Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race ranged from 5/4 for the race favourite Inherent up to 125/1 for the longest outsider Badreputation last time out.

It was in fact the 5/4 race favourite that finished first in the 2020 edition of The Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race, converting £25 outright backing stakes into £56.25 in returns, £31.25 in profits.

Previous Winners

Here are the previous 4 winners of The Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race at The Evening Racing, including their odds, closest competitors and race stats:

2020

Ridden by jockey Ryan Moore and trained by Sir Michael Stoute, 5/4 priced race favourite Inherent finished first in The Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race at Kempton Park Racecourse last time out.

7/2 priced second-favourite Media Storm finished just a short head behind Inherent in second place, followed by 18/1 priced outsider Make Haste Slowly in third place and 14/1 priced Carausius in fourth.

2019

The Novice Stakes (Div 1) Flat Race did not take place during the Evening Racing at Kempton Park Racecourse in 2019. Instead, the fourth race of the day was the Class 3 Handicap, which was won by 5/1 priced Deja.

2018

1/1 priced race favourite Buzz won Race 4, The Class 3 Handicap Flat Race, at Kempton Park Racecourse in 2018, ridden by jockey Liam Keniry and trained by Hughie Morrison.

8/1 priced Al Hamdany finished a length and three-quarters behind Buzz in second place, followed by 25/1 priced outsider Noble Gift in third place and 15/8 priced second-favourite Native Fighter in fourth.

2017

Back in 2017 at Kempton Park’s Evening Racing, Race 4, The Class 3 Handicap Flat race, was won by 10/11 priced race favourite Gibbs Hill, ridden by jockey Ryan Moore and trained by Roger Varian.

9/4 priced second-favourite Zubayr finished seven lengths behind Gibbs Hill in second place, followed by 25/1 priced outsider Top Beak in third place and equally priced Sunblazer in fourth.