Our star daily duo of Rory Delargy and David Massey look ahead to today's action and have two bets.
Racing betting tips: Monday January 19
1pt e.w. My Silver Lining in 13:50 Lingfield at 11/2 (Betfred, Ladbrokes 1/5 1,2,3,4) - min 5/1
1pt e.w. Godot in 14:20 Lingfield at 12/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4) - min 10/1
Warwick’s loss looks to be Lingfield’s gain as far as My Silver Lining is concerned. A former winner of the Classic Chase at the former track, she fell foul of the BHA’s new rule which bans horses running from more than a stone out of the weights meaning she was unable to defend that title. As it was, Warwick’s meeting was lost to the weather anyway, but that makes the rule no less stupid, and she can show herself worthy of a place in better races by taking advantage of a reduced mark in the Surrey National.
My Silver Lining has bounced back to form to be placed in the Tommy Whittle at Haydock and the Berkshire National at Ascot on her last two starts and will relish this test as a previous course winner with bottomless stamina. She’s well treated on old form, too, being 11lb lower than when third in the Midlands Grand National in 2024 and lower even than when taking that Warwick marathon earlier the same season. She’s taken a while this year to show that her old ability remains but recent signs are that she remains as good as she was in her heyday.
Val Dancer, the 2025 Welsh National is a danger having also been diverted from Warwick, but the stable of Mel Rowley, having emerged from the doldrums last month, has sailed straight back into them and her runners of late have looked rudderless. Regal Blue can’t be trusted but is talented enough to win under suitable conditions having had wind surgery since two shocking efforts in a truncated 2024/25 season. I’ve been with him before, but can’t bear to put myself through that ordeal again. Good luck if you do.
Godot goes well at Lingfield, with form figures on the rarely used jumps track reading 3312 on ground ranging from yielding to heavy, while in the last two years, his record left-handed at around today’s trip is a creditable 1244122. Andy Irvine’s son of Getaway was well beaten on his return from a long break at Ascot last month but is certainly better this way around and will strip much fitter for that run, as he did last season, with his C&D win coming on the back of two defeats that had seen him beaten a cumulative 59 lengths.
Andy Irvine isn’t a trainer to follow blind with his small team mostly moderate and not easy to place, but he has had winners at Lingfield twice as often as the market would expect, and it was also a rich source of winners when the stable was run by his late partner, Zoe Davison. Godot may need another run to reach full fitness, but he’s now just 1lb higher than when beating the useful Guard Duty over C&D 13 months ago and is certainly weighted to go well if his return has had the desired effect.
Preview posted at 09:10 GMT on 19/01/26
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