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LORD BADDESLEY is fancied to continue his trainer Chris Gordon’s resurgence with a victory in the Coral Trophy Handicap Chase (3.37) at Kempton Park on Saturday.
Gordon has endured a winter of discontent with just 16 wins this season, 36 short of last term’s personal best tally of 52.
But the green shoots of recovery began to appear with the success of Annual Invictus in the Great Yorkshire Chase at Doncaster four weeks ago.
And the Hampshire stable has sent out five winners - almost one-third of Gordon’s haul for the campaign - in the past fortnight.
For his part, Lord Baddesley returned to form with a staying-on second to Inch House in the Peter O’Sullevan Memorial handicap Chase at Newbury in December.
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My selection stayed on well at the end of the two-mile, six-furlong journey, so this afternoon’s three-mile trip should be perfect - and a 3lb rise looks within range for a nine-year-old who has more to offer on the back of just eight starts over fences.
FENLAND TIGER is fancied to net the biggest prize of his going-place career by beating 12 opponents for the Betting.Bet Eider Handicap Chase (2.08) at Newcastle this afternoon.
Sam England’s son of Schiaparelli followed an upward curve over hurdles last season - the eight-year-old won three of his four starts - and has continued in similar vein over fences this term.
Having scored by a head in a novices’ handicap chase at Carlisle in October on his debut over the larger obstacles, Fenland Tiger finished third to today’s rival Anglers Crag in a similar race for all-comers back in Cumbria eight days before Christmas.
But my selection was back in business in a novice handicap at Doncaster in January before matching his timber tally with a half-length call from Prince Des Fichaux in open company at Gosforth Park at the end of last month.
The pair motored a yawning 21 lengths clear of the third horse that day, so a 6lb rise in the handicap was to be expected.
Fenland Tiger does have to prove his stamina over this marathon four miles and a furlong but gives the impression he can keep going when others have put their tools away, and heavy ground is of no concern.
At Kempton Park, Paul Nicholls is fancied for a Grade 2 double, with KALIF DU BERLAIS getting the Ditcheat ball rolling in the Coral Adonis Hurdle (1.50).
The French native marked his first start in Britain with a seven-and-a-half-length supremacy in a juvenile hurdle over course and distance six weeks ago - and there is plenty more where that came from.
Nicholls and Harry Cobden are taken to complete the brace with last year’s Tolworth Hurdle hero TAHMURAS in the Coral Pendil Novices’ Chase (2.27), while the. 14-time champion trainer’s former stable jockey Sam Thomas should be on the mark with LUMP SUM in the Grade 2 Coral Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle (3.00).
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Nicky Henderson’s PENTLAND HILLS is by no means harshly treated, despite having to shoulder top weight in the Coral Racing Club Handicap Hurdle (1.15).
Southwell is the new host of the Group 3 BetUK Winter Derby (3.20), for which MILITARY ORDER gets the vote after a head second to Enemy over course and distance on his most recent outing.
The Listed BetUK Hever Sprint Stakes (2.45) is a good opportunity for CLARENDON HOUSE to regain winning form after a fourth at Meydan 29 days ago.
NEWCASTLE
1.05 MOON CHIME
1.38 NETYWELL
2.08 FENLAND TIGER
2.50 TINEGGIORI
3.27 THE EDGAR WALLACE
4.00 SINCE DAY ONE
4.35 CHUMLEE
KEMPTON PARK
1.15 PENTLAND HILLS
1.50 KALIF DU BERLAIS
2.27 TAHMURAS
3.00 LUMP SUM
3.37 LORD BADDESLEY (NAP)
4.10 PEPE LE MOKO
4.45 WOODLAND PARK
CHEPSTOW
1.23 IDEFIX DE CIERGUES
1.58 ZAMBEZI FIX
2.33 GOOD FRIDAY FAIRY
3.08 SUPREMELY WEST
3.43 PRINCE QUALI
4.18 TWILIGHT GLORY
4.53 MIDNIGHT VENTURE
FAIRYHOUSE
1.30 THEATRE NATIVE
2.03 IN THE TRENCHES
2.40 KILBREE WARRIOR
3.15 JOUSTER
3.50 I AM MAXIMUS
4.25 INTENSE RAFFLES
5.00 JERSEY DES BROSSES
SOUTHWELL
2.45 CLARENDON HOUSE
3.20 MILITARY ORDER (NB)
3.55 INDICATE
4.30 BRUNELLO BREEZE
5.05 PALACE BOY
5.35 ROB’S UMBRELLA
6.05 MR SWIVELL
6.35 PLASTIC PADDY
CHELMSFORD CITY
5.20 JUNGLE MAC
5.55 BACK TOMORROW
6.20 BILLYJOH
6.50 NIGHT OF DESIRE
7.20 ULTRAMARINE
7.50 REVERBERATION
8.20 BOOM BOOM POW
RIYADH
2.00 FOREVER YOUNG
2.40 TUZ
3.25 MYSTERIOUS NIGHT
4.10 THE FOXES
4.50 AL NAYYIR
5.40 WHITE ABARRIO
DOUBLE: LORD BADDESLEY and MILITARY ORDER