12:10 Lingfield

Friday 26 January 2018

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32Red.com Handicap

Off time: 12:10 | Winning time: 1m 37.79s

(4)

Ocean Side^b1,t1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon| OR: 64

9/2

Dark Angel colt wasn't exactly progressive in four turf starts, well held this C&D a fortnight ago on AW bow. Drops 2lb and gets array of headgear added now but must impove.

Form: 8884-6

(2)

Roseau City^b³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Levey| T: D R C Elsworth| OR: 64

9/4

Winner over 7f at Chelmsford in mid-December and just failed in follow up under 6lb penalty here a week later. Well worth a try over the mile and boasts best form.

Form: 805612-

(7)

Lady Of Authority¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S W Kelly| T: M McGrath| OR: 62

14/1

Some promise shown last time at Wolverhampton (1m1½f, AW) and remains lightly raced. Filly should be suited by this trip, though she can come under pressure early in her races.

Form: 09734-7

(8)

Isoletta³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: L P Keniry| T: E Walker| OR: 62

8/1

Not exactly looked threatening in three handicap starts here over 7f/1m, well beaten three days ago at Southwell (1m) in maiden handicap. Must improve markedly.

Form: 4393-44

(3)

Obrigada^h1⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: M Harley| T: Tom Clover| OR: 61| BF

7/1

Some promise shown in AW outings at Kempton and Wolverhampton over shorter trips, remains a maiden and much too keen to do herself justice when tackling 1m at Newcastle in November. Hood added now and may do better.

Form: 865536-

(9)

Prince Consort¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Oisin Murphy| T: B J Meehan| OR: 56

7/1

Dropping to a workable mark after three starts in AW handicaps at Wolverhampton and Chelmsford. Unexposed on this Polytrack and should be suited by the trip.

Form: 6905-46

(1)

Dark Freedom^b²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: P J McDonald| T: C Hills| OR: 56

12/1

Twice outpaced over 7f around here lately, Canford Cliffs gelding may do better in time. First-time blinkers must spark some improvement over this longer trip to mount a bid now.

Form: 79860-0

(5)

Headwear⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: L Morris| T: D H Brown| OR: 49

6/1

Showed little in trio of turf runs in the summer over shorter trips, couple of useful efforts this month at Wolverhampton (1m1½f) and Chelmsford (1m2f) and ought to be in the mix again in a contest that looks fairly weak.

Form: 900-52

(6)

Keynote^h¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: M Dwyer| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 45

20/1

Nothing in his form to suggest he'll be up to winning this, readily outpaced twice this month at Southwell over 7f/1m and hard to place any faith in him currently.

Form: 09-87

Forecasts

Roseau City (9/4), Ocean Side (9/2), Headwear (6/1), Obrigada (7/1), Prince Consort (7/1), Isoletta (8/1), Dark Freedom (12/1), Lady Of Authority (14/1), Keynote (20/1)

ROSEAU CITY scored at Chelmsford last month and has since run well in a better race around here, both of those efforts coming over 7f. She's the pick on form and, if breaking slightly better, will be hard to hold with a repeat of her previous track run. The unexposed Prince Consort could have more to offer now tackling this surface while Headwear is also worth considering based on recent AW efforts in a race that appears to lack depth.