'Could be considerably better than his mark' - Paul Kealy's best bet at Kempton
1.30 Kempton
1pt win at 4-1 generallyLight N Strike certainly has the size and scope to make a chaser and connections are wasting no time in getting going with the five-year-old, who ran just four times over hurdles last season.
He didn't win, but he was progressing nicely when last seen, running career-bests on his last two starts at Ffos Las and then here in May.
He was beaten 12 lengths by an odds-on favourite – who has won just as easily since – when last seen but was miles clear of the rest and the distant third has also won a small race since.
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