Novices may come to the fore, with CALIFET EN VOL taken to defy the handicapper and supplement last month's C&D success, perhaps at the expense of Boxing Day's C&D scorer Barlovento, who is better than he showed in a hot race at Cheltenham last time. Paul Nicholls has won this twice in recent years so Blueking d'Oroux, who sports first-time cheekpieces, also has to enter calculations.
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Blueking D'oroux
2 Paul Nicholls's number of winners in past 5 runnings.
13/2
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Califet En Vol
26% Nico de Boinville's strike rate at KEMPTON PARK
2/1
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Califet En Vol
41% Nico de Boinville's strike rate on chase favourites
2/1
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Race Hints
Specific Pace Hint: Etalon could be expected to race prominently. Of those in the front half of the betting forecast, Somespring Special might be well positioned in a slowly run affair: Of the better-fancied horses, Barlovento is most likely to be ridden furthest from the pace.
Individual Price Hint: Blueking D'oroux traded at more than 10 times Betfair SP and 5 times Betfair SP when winning on 2 of its last 5 starts.