KEMPTON: Kazzene kicks off McCoy's day in style

Kazzene (left) jumping upsides of Brampour at the last

  PICTURE: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos)  Kazzene kicks off McCoy's day in style By David Baxter 11:56AM 15 JAN 2011 Report: Kempton, Saturday

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KAZZENE  got Tony McCoy's day off to the perfect start with a winning British debut, defeating Triumph Hurdle fancy Brampour in the process, who could only finish third.

RELATED LINKS Triumph Hurdlebetting  Formerly trained in France on the Flat, the four-year-old was very keen through the early part of the race, but still had plenty left in the tank after A Media Luz’s dramatic departure at the penultimate flight.

It had been Jolly Roger who led the field turning in having stuck to the inside throughout, but it appeared that both Brampour and A Media Luz were primed to take over, with the last-named travelling supremely well under Barry Geraghty.

However, as Geraghty hit the front his mount appeared to dive atthe hurdle and crashed out, leaving Brampour in the lead under Harry Skelton.

Despite his urgings, Brampour couldn’t get away from the late challengers, led by Kazzene who, despite jumping the last less than fluently, was able to draw away from Brampour on the run-in, scoring at 11-4.

Second went to the rallying Kuilsriver at 33-1, with 13-8 favourite Brampour third.

On the back of the performance bookmakers introduced Kazzene as a general 12-1 chance for the Triumph Hurdle, with the unlucky faller A Media Luz also trimmed in places, Blue Square offering 16-1 (from 25).

Winning trainer David Pipe said: "He had decent form on the Flat in France and has got plenty of size about him for a juvenile.

"He's always gone nicely at home but he is a bit of a character with plenty of ability. He didn't jump the greatest but goes on any ground and if we can improve his jumping then we've got a horse with a future."

Pipe added that should Cheltenham come onto Kazzene's radar, the Supreme Novices as well as the Triumph Hurdle would be under consideration.

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Murray looking to end the season in style

You can’t deny that Andy Murray has endured a difficult season. However, having triumphed over Robin Soderling in front of a home crowd at the O2 Arena in London, Murray is now hoping to win his first ATP World Tour Finals trophy as he looks to hide the fact that he has still failed to win a Grand Slam event in his career to date.

With Murray disappointingly failing to progress through to the semi-final stages of the competition in London last season, he along with those who regularly place tennis bets will realise all too well that a solid start is not enough to ensure that he reaches the latter stages. In fact, the Scot will know precisely what is needed now and that’s a victory over rival Roger Federer in his next match at the event.

Despite winning the Australian Open earlier this year, Federer has been accused by some tennis online betting pundits of struggling in general this season, and has failed to reach the lofty heights that his many fans have come to expect of him. However, with one Grand Slam victory representing one more taste of success than Murray has achieved this year, any talk of a slump certainly needs to be taken with a hefty pinch of salt.

Having said that, with Murray having performed well in the majority of his previous battles against Federer, he certainly knows precisely what it takes to be successful against the Swiss maestro.

If Murray can remember the winning formula that has served him so well in the past and use a victory against Federer as a launch pad from which to win the ATP World Tour Finals event and then a first Grand Slam early next season, the Scot will have finally lived up to the potential we all know he holds.

This said, though, if Murray finds himself beaten, and down and out once again, he’ll know that the tag of underachiever will continue to haunt him wherever he goes.

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