Moore doubles up at Kempton

Ryan Moore took the riding honours at Kempton when employing waiting tactics to notch up a 155-1 double on Turner’s Touch and the unfancied Ma’am.

The jockey bided his time aboard the former in the Book Now For Wednesday April 26th Handicap and slowly crept into the race once in the home straight.

The Gary Moore-trained four-year-old flew when seeing daylight inside the final two furlongs and kept on strikingly well for a length and three-quarter success from 9-2 favourite High Treason.

The 5-1 winner has won three of his previous five starts over a mile and a quarter on the Polytrack at Lingfield and saw out the extra distance with aplomb.

“The only question was if he would stay the distance but Gary has always thought he would and he has been proved correct,” said Moore’s representative David Wilson.

“He likes the all-weather and it is nice to have two tracks so close to home.

“Now we know he stays he has got more options but we will have to see what the handicapper does.”

Moore’s double was completed when he repeated the feat on 25-1 chance Ma’am, who broke her duck at the 16th attempt in the R.H.T Handicap.

Elrafa Mujahid and Burhaan paid the price of cutting out the running when wilting in the straight, while Moore picked off his rivals one by one to lead close home for a half-length victory from 100-30 favourite Cross The Line.

Winning trainer Ian Wood said: “She has got ability and we left the headgear off.

“Ryan said not to run her again at a mile and we will look at something back over a mile and quarter. She is starting to find her feet and will win again.”

Moore was denied a treble when Sir Michael Stoute’s Escape Clause was turned over at odds of 4-9 by Deepwater Bay in division one of the Kempton For Weddings Maiden Stakes.

Moore was full of confidence on the imposing colt but Martin Dwyer threw everything at his mount and got up to score by a length and a quarter.

Luca Cumani hit the ground running with two winners on Saturday evening and notched his third success of the season as Massaro Pape made a winning debut in division two.

The four-year-old kept on well for Nicky Mackay to beat fellow newcomer Reballo (2-1 favourite) by one and a half lengths.

Cumani’s wife Sarah said of the 9-2 winner: “He was a big backward horse so we waited and waited with him and he was worth waiting for.

“He had a niggly problem last year but we are very happy with that and while there are no immediate plans, we will keep to a mile.”

The most valuable race on the card – the £12,500 kempton.co.uk Handicap - attracted just seven runners and went to Sirce (8-1), whose late challenge saw her get home by three and a half lengths.

Hiddensee was sent off the 5-2 favourite to redeem his reputation in the two-mile event after a poor show over the course and distance two weeks ago, but he again failed to read the script and was beaten with a circuit to go.

Let Slip (15-2) shrugged off a 204-day absence to take the Kempton Park Punters Club Fillies’ Handicap in fine style under Alan Munro.

The four-year-old was always handily placed and found plenty when asked for maximum effort inside the final furlong to hold Marachi Band by a length, with the pair pulling two-lengths clear of Boot ’N Toot.

“I trained her as a two and three-year-old and it took me a while to realise she wanted a mile and a quarter and some cut in the ground,” said winning trainer Willie Jarvis.

“She is a nice, game filly and I will try and find another similar handicap for her.”

Silver Dane swooped late to land his first success on the all-weather in the Day Time, Night Time, Great Time Handicap at Kempton.

John Egan was happy to settle the 17-2 chance just off the fierce early pace in the five-furlong dash, before bring Christine Dunnett’s charge with a rattling run to deny Golden Dixie by a head.

“The surface was a concern as he has never run on it and he won on firm at Yarmouth,” said Dunnett.

“I thought it might be a bit slow and deep but John said he handled it well.”