Saint Pois In Last Chance Saloon

Saint Pois has failed to live up to the form he showed in France (3-time winner on the all-weather) but has a chance to break his duck in the UK by winning the 8.15 Kempton.

Connections would have been heartened by his return from a 3-month break when only beaten 0.75 lengths by the progressive Gentlemen. It was a fine performance and one that earned him a sectional adjusted speed rating of 78.

Unfortunately, he was unable to back it up when beaten 3.5 lengths at Kempton, despite being the well-fancied favourite. It’s hard to excuse that performance but he did stumble leaving the gates.

Last time out he was a never nearer fifth over an inadequate 5f at Chelmsford but ran ok under the circumstances.

This evening he returns to a more suitable 6f and has the benefit of racing from stall 1. Down in grade, he is better than a 20/1 (Bet365) chance.