Kempton Racing Tips: Night At Sea to take step forward

• A Kempton Nap and Next Best from Timeform

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Kempton Nap - 20:00 - Back Night At Sea

Andrew Balding and Oisin Murphy team up in this ordinary handicap with the filly Night At Sea, a four-year-old who hasn't had much racing, so she looks a solid choice.

By Sea The Stars out of an Italian Group 3 winner, she's bred to be performing at a higher level and, whilst still a maiden, has shown enough to suggest she's well up to winning a race such as this.

Night At Sea has been a good second in handicaps at Lingfield and Wolverhampton on her last two starts, and she led briefly over a furlong out last time when going down by two lengths to Havanazam. Back down in trip and with Murphy on board for the first time, she can break her duck here.

Kempton Next Best - 16:25 - Back How Impressive

This apprentices' handicap can go to last week's Lingfield winner How Impressive who's turned out under a penalty by Hugo Palmer.

With his usual headgear of a visor left off for a change, How Impressive was seen to much better effect than on his previous start having dropped back to his last winning mark and he proved better than ever in running out a convincing winner.

Taking a strong hold close up, How Impressive led inside the final furlong and drew clear to beat Rogue Thunder by three lengths. A 5 lb penalty gives him top weight here but that shouldn't be enough to prevent him from following up.