Kings facing date with destiny
Kings Destiny is out to gain reward for his consistency with victory in the totesport.com November Handicap as the Flat season closes at Doncaster.
The three-year-old, trained by Michael Jarvis, has yet to finish out of the first four in 10 career starts, winning three times and finishing second on four occasions.
"He will love the ground and the trip, and the track ought to suit," said Jarvis's assistant, Roger Varian.
"He's a very consistent horse. It's always a pleasure to have horses like that in the yard, who always do their best. He's genuine, consistent and improving, I think."
The only other three-year-old in the line-up is Stormy Weather and his trainer Howard Johnson is hoping to help Frederik Tylicki clinch the apprentice title after his closely-fought duel with David Probert.
"Our horse has got a good draw (two) and has got the best jockey on him in the country. He's a great lad and I love him to bits," said the County Durham trainer.
Stormy Weather, trained in France last year, was third to Opinion Poll on his British debut at Haydock in May but had a pipe-opener over hurdles at Aintree two weeks ago when only beaten a head.
"He was unlucky the other day over jumps. He nearly won but they went too slow. He wants a good gallop and he likes soft ground," Johnson added.
Walter Swinburn has had this race in mind for Hevelius for some time and the four-year-old returned after three months off to finish second in a mile-and-a-half handicap at Newmarket three weeks ago.
The trainer said: "We've been happy with him for a little while now and his reappearance was a good one. This has been the target for a while. The ground won't be a problem, it will be a question of whether he's good enough."
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