Kempton Park Tips: Hat-trick seeking Sundance can prevail again

One of five meetings on Wednesday is a nine-race affair on the Polytrack at Kempton, starting at 16:30 and concluding shortly after 20:30.

I've picked out three Kempton Park Tips - including one for Andrew Balding bidding for a three-timer.

17:30 - Longlai each-way @ 10/1

LONGLAI is a solid contender for trainer Michael Wigham in this Class 2 handicap over the mile trip at Kempton.

The Shalaa gelding has only seven starts on the synthetic surfaces behind him and he boasts three wins, with two of those coming over track and trip here.

He scored in April and again in June and was not disgraced in September when finishing a never-nearer fifth of 14 runners in this grade off a mark of 87.

He was caught in rear in that contest and had plenty to do turning in, while he also met some trouble entering the final furlong. All in all, it wasn't a bad effort and so from an unchanged mark Rob Hornby's charge looks one of the more likely sorts.

18:30 - Impulse Buy @ 13/8

The Clare Hobson-trained IMPULSE BUY was an eyecatcher when finishing third at Southwell last week on his debut.

The gelded son of Ulysses was sent off a 50/1 poke there and came from the rear to chase home the front two, finishing within a length of them at the line with some more experienced and promising rivals left behind.

That experience should stand him in good stead, and he is likely to show significant progress on this second racecourse start.

If he does, this race looks well within his scope and that initial outing already puts him front and centre in terms of bare form.

19:30 - Berkshire Sundance @ 2/1

The BERKSHIRE SUNDANCE train may not be ready to stop just yet. Andrew Balding's son of Decorated Knight essentially arrives looking to complete a hat-trick.

He won over course and distance in September last year, coming home with clear daylight behind him, and wasn't spotted for 12 months. On his return at Chester in September, he got upset in the stalls and dumped Jason Watson on the turf when they opened.

He soon put that behind him, scoring at Salisbury (1m6f, heavy) in early October with a game success and then bookended the month by winning over the same trip on the Tapeta at Southwell, always holding his main market rival in the run to the line. That form looks solid.

He has gone up another 5lb in the ratings and rises in grade now, but this return to 2m around Kempton must rate a positive for a lightly raced four-year-old who is seemingly still on the upgrade.

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