12:35 Lingfield
Saturday 30 December 2017
All11:3012:0012:3513:1013:4514:2014:5515:30
Play Jackpot Games At sunbets.co.uk/vegas Handicap
- 3YO plus | Class 6 | 7f 1y | Standard | 14 Runners | Polytrack | Weighed In
- Off time: 12:36 | Winning time: 1m 24.77s
Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
Has won better races than this, including at this course, but needs to bounce back from a disappointing performance at Chelmsford last time out and won't find that easy off top-weight.
Sole win to date came on the Polytrack at Kempton. That was over 6f but he has shown he stays this far, appears well handicapped but has to overcome a wide draw.
No win in seven starts since moving to Britain, and ran as her 100/1 price suggested in a Southwell handicap last time out. Tongue strap on.
Sole win came in a claimer here but he is almost certainly better over further and is liable to be outpaced by some specialists over this distance.
Three of her four wins were 7f contests on the AW (the other was 7f on turf), and she has conditions to suit here, though she is on a long enough losing streak and may be looking at a place at best.
Has gone closer in his last few races than his form figures suggest. Remains a maiden but seems likely to win a race of this nature in the near future, and the jockey booking is positive.
Not disgraced on handicap debut at Wolverhampton last time and this drop in trip may be a help based on that evidence, but improvement still needed with a visor added.
Capable performer on his day but generally more effective on turf and has his work cut out here from the widest draw of all.
Only win to date has come over this C&D. Slightly higher in the handicap now but last effort here was encouraging and he can't be ruled out.
Dual C&D winner who also won on turf twice this year. Below that winning mark now but still needs to improve on her more recent efforts.
Yet to win but has run his race on his last few starts and should go close once again from the inside draw at a course he has gone well at in the past.
Winner of a very weak handicap at Wolverhampton but not too much form to speak of other than that and is probably best over further than this.
Six race maiden who is yet to show much either in maiden or handicaps. Best watched up against some rivals who have proven their ability for this level.
Winner of several races including over C&D but hasn't looked the force of old so far this year and others hold more convincing claims.
Forecasts
D'waterside (7/2), Critical Thinking (5/1), Peter Stuyvesant (13/2), Tigerfish (7/1), Locommotion (9/1), Brother In Arms (11/1), Soaring Spirits (12/1), Rapid Rise (12/1), Binky Blue (16/1), Sir Jamie (22/1), Aye Aye Skipper (33/1), Three's A Crowd (33/1), Mad Rose (50/1), Fairy Mist (66/1)
Not the strongest handicap by any stretch of the imagination, but perhaps RAPID RISE can provide the answer. This three-year-old gelding remains a maiden but has improved recently to hit the frame on a number of occasions and has the draw here to get off the mark at the 18th time of asking. Brother In Arms looks the main danger and in fact would have been the selection if he didn't have such a tricky draw, while C&D winner Tigerfish would have a chance on some of the form she showed on turf earlier in the year.
- Rapid Rise
- Brother In Arms
- Tigerfish
Prize Money
1st: £2,264.002nd: £674.003rd: £337.004th: £168.005th: £270.00
MOST READ RACING
Follow & Track
Your favourite horses, jockeys and trainers with My StableLog in
Discover Sporting Life Plus benefits
