Ross Millar's free horse racing tips for Kempton on Monday

Shishkin and Energumene produced a race for the ages in the SBK Clarence House Chase at Ascot on Saturday. The pair emerged with their reputations enhanced and racing, by a distance, was the biggest winner of all.

I’ve watched the race more than 20 times already and there are many facets I could eulogise over, but the one which stood out for me was the composure and clarity of mind that Nico de Boinville showed when patiently waiting for a stride at the last, when the desired attacking stride did not present itself. Many others would have thrown Shishkin at the fence regardless.

It’s exactly that cool temperament in pressure moments that mean he’s infinitely better than many give him credit for.

Shishkin certainly has the potential to be one of the greats, and battles such as the one we witnessed on Saturday will only increase the regard in which he’s held.

A true great can excel over a range of distances, and he certainly appears to have many of the tools required to make this a reality. He has a great temperament and showed a stack of stamina and heart. Could connections be tempted to try him up in trip? Or am I just being greedy?

If, like me, you’re a dreamer, you may be interested to hear he’s widely available at 16-1 for next season’s King George VI Chase, while astonishingly Energumene, who he outstayed, is two points shorter in the betting.

Monday offers a day of no jump racing and a chance to compose ourselves. I shifted my attention to Kempton Park, where I have three selections. You can watch how they fare live on Racing TV.

This son of Mehmas has dropped to a very attractive mark of 66, while running consistently well - apart from one poor run at Newcastle on his penultimate start.

At Southwell, on his last start, he ran better than the bare result suggests. A tardy start, where he jumped awkwardly, resulted in him getting shuffled further back than ideal, and additionally meant that his jockey, Tyler Heard, had to wait for a gap to open up the inner rail before he could ask for maximum effort. He finished with good purpose, suggesting this mark is not beyond him.

He’s been drawn well in stall two and I hope that he can jump better than last time. If he does, a more prominent early position should allow him to finish this race off strongly. Heard is once again in the saddle and is good value for his 5lb claim.

He’s shown much-improved form since switching from Richard Hughes to Stuart Williams, with the latter’s decision to drop him in trip looking a shrewd move.

On his penultimate start he was a winner at this course over 6f, overcoming a high draw by showing good early speed to get across to a prominent position, before showing reserves of stamina to pull a length clear at the line.

Having to use energy early to obtain that position close to the pace can often leave a horse with nothing extra to give at the finish, so I saw good reason to mark up this performance.

His last start, over 7f, is easily excused. He was slightly slow into stride and as a result found himself posted very wide throughout the race. That he was able to finish fourth, with some late progress, was to his credit and certainly suggested it was neither his increased mark, or the extra furlong that beat him.

I’m hoping that Marco Ghiani can get a smart start from a reasonable draw. If he’s able to do so, I expect this progressive four-year old to win again.

He’s a horse who featured a number of times in my Juvenile Watch columns last year, where I voiced the opinion that he was a sure fire winner when upped to 6f.

As it transpired a step up in trip was not necessary, as since switching to the all-weather he has notched up two very straightforward wins over 5f.

This is a deeper contest, but I’m confident that an extra furlong is going to see him to even better effect and I fully expect him to bag his third win.

I’m not convinced dropping back in trip will suit Mojomaker. Adaay In Asia looks to be better on the all-weather than the turf and, in receipt of the filly’s allowance, she could be the one to chase him home.