Rachel Candelora's top tips for Wednesday: Reignite can fire at Kempton

The victory of the Gay Kelleway-trained Global Spectrum in the Group Two Al Biddah Mile was the highlight of the H.H Amir Sword Festival at the Al Rayyan Racecourse in Qatar last Saturday.

The dual Kempton winner rattled home on the outside to secure the UK’s third straight victory in the race and he now has the French 2000 Guineas in his sights.

Meanwhile, at Lingfield, Wissahickon justified cramped odds in the Winter Derby and John Gosden has suggested that a trip to Dubai for the Sheema Classic on World Cup Night might be on the cards.

Kempton was centrestage on Tuesday as Nicky Henderson galloped 12 of his Cheltenham hopefuls, including the likes of Alitor and Might Bite and on Wednesday he will prepping another Cheltenham hopeful in Verdana Blue in the novice.

Regardless of how she fares, in a race that could become a sprint, this could serve as a Champion Hurdle trial.

I’m keeping the All-Weather theme going for the tips with meetings at Southwell and Kempton.

Seasearch is becoming a bit of a Southwell specialist – running at the track four times and winning twice, including once over today’s trip, and he has been placed on two other occasions, again over 1m 4f.

He won over 1m 6f here two starts ago before finding Lingfield too sharp for him last time out. Back now at Southwell, this son of Passing Glance can resume winning ways.

The feature race at Southwell is a 7f handicap that has a competitive field of nine going to post.

Based on early prices, Angel Palanas (a son of Mayson who is a leading sire at Southwell) looks to be priced up too big.

All of his victories have come at Southwell, including two over today’s 7f distance. He is a horse who loves to dictate from the front end, a run style that works well at Southwell, and being drawn in six will be fine as the other two runners who have gone forward in the past (Saint Equiano and Gurkha Friend) are drawn to his outside.

In addition, Angel Palanas gets on well with apprentice riders as all wins have come with these less experienced jockeys aboard and today Rhona Pindar rides him for the first time in public.

Two of her three winning rides have been at Southwell and she is worth following.

In a weak looking auction novice stakes Al Daayen may represent some value. This daughter of Joshua Tree has hinted at some ability in her two previous starts, both this year, at Wolverhampton and Newcastle.

Joe Fanning gets aboard her for the first time today (hitting at over 31% in all his rides over the past fortnight) and given the question marks over main market rivals Copper And Five, an unusual debutant at Southwell for John Gosden, and Stay Forever, an already exposed five-times raced maiden, she may be the most solid option.

An 0-for-6 maiden who caught the eye last time out when staying on strongly to finish fifth in a 7f maiden handicap at Lingfield.

On that day at Lingfield all of the winners were making all of the running or sitting right up with the pace and therefore Reignite’s run from the back of the pack should be marked up.

This son of Firebreak has shown some attitude in the past, having had to be treated with kid gloves on the way to the start, and racing here as a first-time gelding might help him achieve more of his potential.

It was a move that worked with his brother, Divine Messenger, who is now a dual Kempton winner.

The long stretch at Kempton will also suit him in a race where there appears to be a lot of early speed.