Hayley Turner returns!

One ray of light in these gloomy times is the return of one of Britain´s most popular jockeys, Hayley Turner. Easily the most successful lady jockey of all time in the U.K., Hayley was enjoying her best ever season, with two Group One wins, when she broke her ankle in August. After 4 months off, she makes her comeback today with 3 rides at Kempton´s all-weather track.

She starts with Brendan Powell´s Copper Falls in the 2yo handicap at 15.10 CET. This is very poor race and Copper Falls clearly has an each-way chance, but like her other mounts could start at an unreasonably short price because of the Hayley factor. Her other two rides are for Conor Dore, for whom she has often ridden in the past: Opus Maximus in the 10 furlongs handicap at 15.45 and Lucky Art in the second division of the 5 furlongs handicap at 16.45. Again, they both have chances, especially Opus Maximus, who has been 1-2 on his last 5 starts, but has not usually shone at this track. We would love to see Hayley in the winner´s enclosure today, but she will have many better chances in the weeks to come.

Our best bet here is Perfect Act (Andrew Balding/ David Probert) in the seller at 17.15; he has been rather disappointing, but has never faced opposition as weak as this and is clear top-rated here.