Talking Horses: Hunaina rates the best bet on Saturday’s TV card


The selection finished strongly to be beaten just a neck at this level at Deauville in January and has since beaten an André Fabre hotpot at Chantilly

Horse racing appears to have awarded itself a quiet weekend, with the Grand National next Saturday and other major races on the horizon. As the feature contest is a Listed race for fillies on the all-weather Polytrack, one imagines that betting turnover will not be high but there are winners to be found just the same.

At 6-1 it is possible that Hunaina (3.15) at Kempton will be the latest in a long line of French runners to be underestimated by us Brits. She finished strongly to be beaten just a neck at this level at Deauville in January and has since beaten an André Fabre hotpot at Chantilly, suggesting she is good enough for Saturday’s Snowdrop Stakes.

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Kempton 1.30 Kinks 2.05 Tomily 2.40 Raucous 3.15 Hunaina 3.50 Dathanna 4.25 Kings Shield 5.00 Author's Dream (nb)
Kelso 1.50 Hills Of Dubai 2.25 Taxmeifyoucan 3.00 Seldom Inn 3.35 Eminent Poet 4.10 Martiloo 4.45 Haul Us In 5.20 Cultram Abbey
Uttoxeter 1.55 Hartside 2.30 Hurricane Dylan 3.05 Billy Hicks 3.40 Town Parks 4.15 Loch Linnhe 4.50 Newberry New 5.25 Easter Gold
Fakenham 2.15 Gregarious (nap) 2.50 Heresmynumber 3.25 Pacific De Baune 4.00 Iconic Sky 4.35 Remind Me Later 5.10 Monsieur Co 5.40 Eclair De Guye
Wolverhampton 5.45 Grecian Divine 6.15 Onefootinparadise 6.45 Masaarr 7.15 Fire Diamond 7.45 Dream Magic 8.15 Seven Clans 8.45 Foie Gras

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