Unexposed handicapper should improve a lot for step up to two miles
Azam
6.40 Kempton
1pt win at 5-1
Azam looked a horse to follow when breaking his duck in a maiden at this track for John Gosden as a juvenile. However, he appeared to have lost the plot until an eyecatching effort at Wolverhampton last time and he can improve markedly now he's stepped up to 2m in the Download The Matchbook App Handicap at Kempton (6.40).
Last time he stayed on nicely from the rear over 1m4f, a run which suggested he was on the way back to his best. Sunblazer and Song Light are big dangers but we know a lot about them and we are only scratching the surface as far as Azam is concerned.
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