Paradias and Tritonic are worth a second look at Kempton on Saturday

March 27

I am old enough to remember when the Rosebery Handicap and Queen’s Prize were the flagship races at Kempton’s big Easter week-end meeting, when the Sunbury course raced on turf.

But both Paradias and Tritonic are proven on the polytrack surface, and the versatile pair head up the M3 with solid each-way chances on Saturday.

Alan said:”The championship card at Newcastle on Good Friday is the target for both these horses, so, hopefully, this should leave them spot on for the trip to Gosforth Park in three weeks time.

“Paradias is returning after a break, but he has come to hand early and we want to run him in some of the prestigious handicaps on turf in the summer, so I had to back off him in January.

“He’s had a successful all-weather season, winning at Wolverhampton and Kempton, and he has climbed to a mark of 100, which means that he is bordering on Listed class, so, hopefully, he’ll be in the money yet again.

“Tritonic is 5lb lower than when he finished fifth in last year’s Queen’s Prize, but he, too, had a holiday after finishing fourth in the valuable handicap hurdle at Ascot before Christmas, so he is only just ready to resume.

“However, though I have left a bit of work to do, I am keen to run Tritonic as it will be his third run on the all-weather this winter, which would qualify him for Newcastle’s Finals Day.”

We also run Midnight Rumble in the mile and a half handicap at Kempton, having put hurdling on hold after his run at Sandown last time. Alan added:”I should not have run him that day on slow ground, but he has always worked like a decent horse at home and, while he can boast plenty of good form over 10 furlongs, I think he’ll get the extra two around Kempton.”

Alan is really looking forward to Beringer, who has been a real stalwart for Barbury over the years, returning in the Lincoln, the traditional curtain-raiser to every new Flat season and run at Doncaster on Saturday.

He said:”Beringer has been a star, and he finished third in this race back in 2019. He went on to win at Newmarket that season and was then only narrowly beaten by four-time Group 1 winner Lord North in the Cambridgeshire there.

“Now in his 11th year, Beringer is still showing me plenty at home and, though it might take a couple of races before he hits top form, he is down to a mark of 92, which is 5lb lower than when he gave Lord North a fright at Newmarket.”