5:30 Kempton Tips

Gelded son of Kingman & Patroness ( Dam's sire Dubawi ) who was last seen at Yarmouth 15 days ago where finishing 4th/12 and did shape better than that bare result suggests under the circumstances of not being ideally placed however kept on very well inside the final furlong to finish a never nearer 4th that was also his return run after a 148 day break having been gelded in the process of that break he is most certainly entitled to strip fitter with that run under his belt and is open to plenty of improvement currently operating on a mark of 75 John & Thady Gosden's inmate has the scope for much better than a mark of 75 in very good time and can begin to showcase a much better piece of form jockey William Buick takes the ride and can give the Godolphin owned Palmarian a promising ride here at Kempton

Simon Pearce has recently picked this one up from another yard, so there is obviously a question mark. However, the horse does seem to like the polytrack, and the last runs for the previous yard were good.

Recent runs haven't been overly promising, but there's no getting away from the fact that his easy win over C&D in a novice race last year is easily good enough to win this. It might well be that a return to this C&D, combined with a little break and the application of a first-time tongue tie, all contribute to this horse going close here. The jockey has a superb record at this course too, with a 21% strike rate in the last year.

We need to find front-running ARCTICIAN on a going day and I think there's more chance of that happening here than usual. Only a pound above the last winning mark (which was here and in this grade in January) so there's claims returning to the preferred all-weather. Placed or better in 17 of 51 runs in this sphere and with a win as recently at last month, he can't be dismissed lightly.