Horse racing suggestions: Kempton and Newcastle, Wednesday 8th January

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Three race conferences in Britain on Wednesday come from Ludlow over the jumps in the afternoon alongside Newcastle on the all-weather. Later on there’s an eight-race card on the Polytrack at Kempton Park taking us into the evening.

Amongst the fancies on Wednesday is a Brian Ellison runner seeking to put a rare poor run at Newcastle behind him and an in-form all-weather specialist bidding for additional success at Kempton Park.

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Kempton 6:45 prediction: Harry’s Bar the place to be

A field of six go to post for this Conditions Stakes at Kempton over 6f and, with exception of Penarth Pier, any of the five can be given truthful claims.

Soldier’s Minute and Straight Right are feared however there stays a lot to like about the progressive Harry’s Bar (Kempton 6:45) and he can add to last month’s C&D handicap success.

He did that quite properly and was making it 4 wins in seven starts since July, rising from a handicap mark of seventy two to his current perch of 96 within the process.

That win right here in Class 2 firm represented a career-best and it stands up to scrutiny with three of his vanquished rivals combining for 4 wins since.

James Fanshawe’s charge has proved a really constant barometer on the all-weather, finishing out of the money simply as soon as in nine starts, and is capable of inching ahead once more to land this prize.

Kempton 5:45 prediction: Leg It Lenny in with a chance

Leg It Lenny (Kempton 5:45) is amongst the more exposed runners in the line-up for this Kempton handicap however he is still only had six starts.

The most up-to-date of those was final month at Chelmsford over this 7f journey and he shaped quite properly on what was his first run after being gelded.

Somewhat eager within the early levels, he was ultimately crushed just 1¾-lengths in ending third, maybe robbed of a few of his ending energy in the early exchanges.

Alastair Rawlinson (19 per-cent strike-rate recently) can hopefully get him to settle early on and there may be a bit more to return from him in that state of affairs, with first-time cheekpieces now added to the tongue-tie he sported last month.

Qaseeda, a half-sister to Group three winner Skardu, and the bettering Barking Mad are the trendy choices available in the market however Leg It Lenny is a viable various having opened at a particularly reasonable worth in the market.

Newcastle 1:30 prediction: Ellison runner Little overpriced

There shall be plenty of consideration targeted on the unbeaten Brushwork this afternoon at Newcastle.

The Charles Hills-trained son of Kyllachy is an ideal 3-3 at this monitor and made a successful handicap debut last month.

He’s been raised 3lb for the win and appears able to additional progress; but he was all out on the profitable line last time and might have a step ahead to attain once more tackling this longer journey for the first time.

With those elements in thoughts, he does look a bit short in the betting and so an alternative is sought.

Little Jo (Newcastle 1:30) is worth supporting to bounce back from a uncommon below-par effort final time at this track.

Brian Ellison’s charge had recorded two wins and two agonising defeats (neck, head) from 4 begins over a mile at this monitor previous to that run. He was perhaps too keen under claiming rider Harry Russell final month and ended up fading.

Ben Rawlinson has a super record on Little Jo and is in fantastic form proper now (2-5 lately) and he ought to be ready to get a tune from the six-year-old. The selection must show his effectiveness over 7f, however is given a second opportunity to do so.

He’s within 2lb of his earlier win-mark now and is fancied to go close as an each-way different to the probably jolly in this nine-runner area.…