Kempton Racing Tips: Murau makes appeal

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Timeform's Tony McFadden highlights a Nap and Next Best selection at Kempton on Wednesday.

"...a 4 lb rise in the weights should not stop this unexposed four-year-old from following up..."

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Murau - 20:50 Kempton

Murau was only third on his handicap debut at Newcastle having been sent off an odds-on favourite, but the way he moved through much of that race suggested he had been handed a lenient opening mark and he proved that point on his next start. Murau, who was stepping up in trip by half a mile and competing over this course and distance, was held up in a race that was run at just a steady gallop, but he was still able to overhaul his rivals despite gifting the placed horses a healthy headstart. That was a visually impressive performance and was backed up by a fast closing sectional, so a 4 lb rise in the weights should not stop this unexposed four-year-old from following up.

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Diffident Spirit - 17:15 Kempton

Diffident Spirit has been largely disappointing since registering the second of his two wins last season, but he has fallen a long way in the weights and took a big step back in the right direction last time. Diffident Spirit offered some hope of a revival over this course and distance on his penultimate start and he then built on that to finish runner-up at Lingfield a couple of weeks ago, finding only a thriving rival too strong. Diffident Spirit is able to run off the same mark here, which means he is 9 lb below his last winning mark and well handicapped.