'We're not travelling there for nothing' - can this trainer maintain a 100 per cent track record at Southwell?

Punting pointers for the cards at Kempton and Southwell

Kempton: Amo filly out to get off the mark

Luminoso cost a fair penny as a yearling and she is out to repay a little bit of that back with a first career victory in the 1m3f fillies' maiden (4.55).

The daughter of Kodiac was a €430,000 purchase at the Arqana Deauville Yearlings sale in August 2023 for owners Amo Racing, and showed plenty of promise on her debut when beaten three-quarters of a length at Southwell over a mile this month.

She is quickly turned out 11 days later and steps up markedly in trip for her second start, in which she will be ridden by Amo's retained rider Davod Egan and go for the £4,320 first prize.

Her trainer, Raphael Freire, could hardly be in better form too. He is operating at a 33 per cent strike-rate in the last fortnight.

Luminoso16:55 Kempton (A.W)

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Jky: David Egan Tnr: Raphael E Freire

Southwell: perfect course record

This track has been a fine place for Paul Robson in his burgeoning training career so far and he bids to maintain his perfect record there when Aazza runs in the 3m½f mares' handicap hurdle (3.50).

Robson's two previous runners at the track have both been successful and the nine-year-old is likely to be a warm order to keep that 100 per cent run going. Having finished second at Wetherby on her penultimate start, she got her head back in front at that venue last month.

Robson said: "She'll run well. She's in rare form at home and this is her time of the year with some sun on her back. She won like a younger horse at Wetherby last time and looked like she was back to her old self.

"We're quite hopeful that she could still have more to come again now. We're not travelling down there for nothing."

Aazza15:50 Southwell

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Jky: Craig Nichol Tnr: Paul Robson

Southwell: rider to note

A £1 stake on all 17 of Gavin Sheehan's rides at the track this season would have yielded a profit of £106.25. He bids for a sixth course winner this term on Pep Talking (2.40).