ACED IT is fancied to continue his renaissance as a stayer by beating nine opponents for the Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap (7.30) at Kempton on Wednesday evening.
Camilla Poulton’s son of Lope De Vega, who won two of his first 25 races at up to a mile and a half, tackled an additional four furlongs for a course-and-distance handicap last month.
Shouldering top weight in a 0-85 event, Aced It justified market support – the seven-year-old went off the 5-2 second choice in a field of nine – by half a length from the four-timer-seeking Blazeon Five.
Aced It returned to Sunbury for a two-mile conditions stakes, in which my selection was the most lowly rated of the eight participants, two weeks ago.
Sent off at 20-1, Jack Mitchell’s mount was anything but discredited in returning fourth behind Earl Of Tyrone, particularly as he was denied daylight when attempting to make ground on the run to the final furlong.
Back in handicaps off a 2lb higher mark than for his latest win, Aced It stands out.
At Ludlow, PATIENT DREAM gets the vote to follow up a first career success, gained at Market Rasen 15 days ago, in the Michael Lumsden Memorial Handicap Hurdle (3.10).
NEWSBOY'S SELECTIONS
DONCASTER
1.15 HURRICANE BAY
1.50 BARTON KNOLL
2.25 MIDNIGHTREFLECTION
3.00 THE KINGS WRIT
3.35 LOVE IS GOLDEN
4.10 HERMES LE GRIS
4.45 INOUI MACHIN
NEWCASTLE
1.35 INTERNATIONAL LAW
2.10 MR INSPIRATION
2.45 VISION OF HOPE
3.20 LORD RIDDIFORD
3.55 QUERCUS ROBUR
4.30 ONIGHT
5.05 HOW BIZARRE
LUDLOW
2.00 EFFERNOCK FIZZ
2.35 GREATNESS AWAITS
3.10 PATIENT DREAM (NB)
3.45 HEAD TO THE STARS
4.20 OAK CREEK
4.52 GABRIEL’S GETAWAY
5.22 STONIFIC
KEMPTON
5.00 JUST A SPARK
5.30 TOMAHAWK KING
6.00 GOLDKIT
6.30 LIGHTSHIP
7.00 GOLDEN DOVE
7.30 ACED IT
8.00 MEISTERZINGER
DOUBLE: ACED IT and PATIENT DREAM
