Lingfield Park 'Flat Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Professional Flat Jockeys)

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 3m 52.0s

Capitoul⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: J P Sullivan| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 119| D

2/1

Maiden hurdle winner at Ayr last year (on first start for the yard) and that was on heavy, so ground today is fine. Not so good after but possible that fresh is the time to catch him, and looks a player on that Ayr win.

Form: 0/231F-6

Argyle^v1²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: S W Kelly| T: G & J Moore| OR: 104

12/1

Caught the eye a couple of times in novice hurdles (especially when fourth to The Caller at Plumpton in January) and goes handicapping on a fair mark, and with the visor applied. Warmed up for this on the Flat recently and looks a major player.

Form: 438-

The Game Is A Foot⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 9-8| J: Rob Hornby| T: Miss Z C Davison| OR: 99| D

9/4

Pops up now and then and came good at Plumpton last week when taking advantage of others going off too quickly to score easily. On same mark here and handles ground but not the most consistent so makes only limited appeal.

Form: 4107-41

Keep To The Beat⁷⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Danny Brock| T: P Phelan| OR: 98

33/1

Formerly with Kevin Ryan, first run for this yard but not seen for over two years and with a poor win ratio as well, can't really be entertained as the likely winner.

Form: 231472/

Amadeus Rox^p⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: M Harley| T: A King| OR: 112

15/8

Still a maiden after 11 starts, but has shown some ability over hurdles and gets all the weight allowances as a 3-y-o here. Needs to show he really handles ground this soft, but chances in a weak event if he does.

Form: 2424

Non-Runners

Crafty Roberto²²

Weight: 10-4| Age: 9

T: A M Hales J: William Carson

Collodi⁷³

Weight: 10-3| Age: 8

T: N P Mulholland J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Amadeus Rox (15/8), Capitoul (2/1), The Game Is A Foot (9/4), Crafty Roberto (7/2), Argyle (12/1), Collodi (16/1), Keep To The Beat (33/1)

None of these can fully be trusted, so some caution is advised. ARGYLE makes the most appeal, as he looks one that will progress this season and has the potential to be better than this grade. He can take this at the expense of Amadeus Ro , only three and another with potential to leave his previous form behind, and Capitoul, who may be best after a break, but now has something to prove.