14:00 Lingfield

Saturday 13 January 2018

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Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 1m 38.36s

(7)

Sacred Act⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: J P Spencer| T: M L W Bell| OR: 101| D

5/1

Second the last twice, both at this course and in similar level handicaps to this one. Clearly handles the AW surface well and is one of only two booked rides for this top jockey on the card.

Form: 1/93622-

(2)

Battle Of Marathon¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: P Mulrennan| T: J Ryan| OR: 95| BF

16/1

Victory at Wolverhampton in December was his first for some time; capable performer on his day but possibly better over longer trips than this these days.

Form: 050316-

(4)

Goring^v¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 95| CD

7/4

Hat-trick seeker who hs won his two previous races over C&D. Up another 7lb but that's probably fair enough based on what he's shown and he could run another big race.

Form: 015611-

(3)

Surrey Hope¹⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Edward Greatrex| T: J Tuite| OR: 94| D

4/1

Has won three of his five races to date. They've all been weaker races than this but he's worth a shot at this level having proven progressive at that lower level.

Form: 6/1131-

(6)

Alfred Hutchinson^p¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 8-13| J: M Harley| T: D O'Meara| OR: 93| CD

16/1

Second to Goring over C&D at the end of December. That was an encouraging effort and he needs to reverse form with that highly progressive rival.

Form: 984072-

(8)

Qaffaal²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Tom Marquand| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 89| D

12/1

Generally best on the AW and has run well here in the past, but still looks a way behind these based on recent form and is probably looking at a place at best.

Form: 330934-

(1)

Ghalib^p⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Oisin Murphy| T: D M Simcock| OR: 89| D

4/1

A winner over this trip at Windsor back i nOctober and has been off since. Won Polytrack at Kempton and shouldn't find this weight is too much of a hindrance to his chances.

Form: 286721-

Non-Runners

(5)

Mr Scaramanga¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: S Dow J: A Kirby

Forecasts

Goring (7/4), Surrey Hope (4/1), Ghalib (4/1), Sacred Act (5/1), Mr Scaramanga (10/1), Qaffaal (12/1), Battle Of Marathon (16/1), Alfred Hutchinson (16/1)

Everything looks set for SACRED ACT to run a big race. One of only two rides on the card for Jamie Spencer here today, he has shown he handles this C&D well in addition to the Polytrack surface, and is taken to defy top-weight here. The highly progressive Goring could be next best, ahead of the similarly improving Surrey Hope, who is worth a try at this level.