12:00 Lingfield

Wednesday 13 December 2017

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Off time: 12:00 | Winning time: 1m 35.45s

(7)

Easy Tiger²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Liam Keniry| T: M S Saunders| OR: 84| C

3/1

Appeared not to stay this far on last attempt. This is a much lower grade affair on an easier track though and it is hard to dismiss this consistent sort.

Form: 824263

(6)

Goring^v⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 83| D

11/2

Lightly-raced on the AW but has run some nice races (second once and disqualified when first past the post on another occasion), interesting following a fair performance at Kempton latest.

Form: 580156

(4)

Gentlemen^h²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Danny Brock| T: P S McEntee| OR: 81

33/1

Six-time AW winner but has failed to make the frame in two visits here. Out of form lately and hard to fancy.

Form: 40709U

(1)

Genetics^h1⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Rob Hornby| T: A M Balding| OR: 80| D

15/2

Beat subsequent Group 3 winner Raheen House to win his maiden at Newbury last year but not at that level recently and is left with somwthing to prove in first-time hood. Stable won this with another three-year-old in 2014.

Form: 319-89

(2)

Blaze Of Hearts¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Jack Duern⁽³⁾| T: D K Ivory| OR: 78| D

7/1

Seems to like Yarmouth and AW efforts have been less convincing so far. Current mark looks high enough for now and others preferred.

Form: 661017

(9)

Lunar Deity²²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: Aaron Jones| T: S C Williams| OR: 78| CD

20/1

Multiple AW winner figuring on a good mark after two lacklustre efforts over 7f. One to note in the market now back to his specialist trip.

Form: 114409

(10)

Cricklewood Green⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Mitch Godwin⁽³⁾| T: S Kirk| OR: 78| D

25/1

Turf form this season has been strong although he was below par latest. 0-13 on AW so far and has underachieved on the surface so overlooked on that basis. Also engaged Wolverhampton 6:50 Tuesday.

Form: 691420

(3)

Maratha^t¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S M Levey| T: S C Williams| OR: 78| D

5/2

Can race too freely and wide draws have not helped him on his last two starts. Better positioned here and just 2lb above his winning mark. Proved himself on Polytrack last time and yard in form.

Form: 174394

(5)

Scottish Glen²⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 8-13| J: H Crouch⁽³⁾| T: P R Chamings| OR: 76| CD

9/1

Has gone two years without a win and recent efforts have done little to dispel the feeling that run will be extended here.

Form: 644008

(12)

Toriano²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Tom Marquand| T: N P Littmoden| OR: 75| C

25/1

Picked up two races in 2015 but has made no show in either race back from a layoff. Back to his last winning mark but no current evidence to suggest he retains that ability.

Form: 115-80

(8)

Tee It Up Tommo²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-11| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D Steele| OR: 74| CD

33/1

8-31 record on AW tracks includes four C&D victories. Yet to score in this grade and recent efforts have been regressive.

Form: 741487

Non-Runners

(11)

Lagenda¹²

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: Kristin Stubbs J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Maratha (5/2), Easy Tiger (3/1), Goring (11/2), Blaze Of Hearts (7/1), Lagenda (7/1), Genetics (15/2), Scottish Glen (9/1), Lunar Deity (20/1), Toriano (25/1), Cricklewood Green (25/1), Gentlemen (33/1), Tee It Up Tommo (33/1)

Stuart Williams holds a strong hand here with Lunar Deity and Maratha, The former reverts back to his optimum trip on his favoured surface, whilst the latter looks well weighted and is better drawn than of late. Lagenda shaped well on his stable debut, but Goring is unexposed on this surface and has been racing over shorter trips lately. EASY TIGER is more consistent than any of this and only needs to reproduce his recent level of form to take this. He primarily races over shorter trips, but he was runner-up over 1m on turf during the summer in a much better race than this. The easy mile might prove to be an ideal combination and help him to gain a deserved success.