16:15 Lingfield

Wednesday 4 April 2018

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Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 1m 37.89s

(9)

Indiscretion⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: R Kingscote| T: J G Portman| OR: 74| D

20/1

Winner of a novice stakes over 1m in October last year but given trouble at the start the last twice and probably best watched at present.

Form: 01U-7

(8)

Controversial Lady¹⁶⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Watson⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Moore| OR: 73| D

14/1

Successful twice on turf last year including on good ground at Deauville in August. Fair form since and interesting to see how she fares on seasonal debut.

Form: 114757-

(2)

Poetic Steps²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 71

14/1

Winner of her first two starts last year but form tailed off and she finished last of seven at Wolverhampton on seasonal debut last month. Drops in trip today.

Form: 10850-7

(4)

Sweet Symphony^h¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: M Botti| OR: 71

7/2

Maiden after five starts but placed on the last four of those including over 7f here last time out. Shapes is if this extra furlong will suit and is one for the shortlist today.

Form: 5-2323

(6)

Last Enchantment¹⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 71

7/2

Placed twice from four starts and contested a valuable handicap when making her handicap bow at Newmarket (7f, good-to-soft) last September. Worth a check in the market on seasonal debut.

Form: 2929-

(1)

Grace's Secret¹¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Liam Keniry| T: E Walker| OR: 71

9/2

Placed over 7f here in November but disappointed on her first try over this trip the following month. Interesting to see how she fares on her return from a break.

Form: 88630-

(5)

Girls Talk¹⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: W Buick| T: M L W Bell| OR: 67

7/2

Failed to figure in three starts as a two-year-old. Stable have had a couple of winners of late though and has a leading jockey in the saddle on handicap debut.

Form: 579-

(7)

Supersymmetry¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Josephine Gordon| T: D Loughnane| OR: 66

16/1

Signs of improvement when finishing 3L fourth of six over 7f at Kempton on debut for this stable last timeout. Interesting if capable of backing that up in this contest.

Form: 4080-4

(3)

Kachumba⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: L Morris| T: Rae Guest| OR: 64

12/1

Placed in a novice contest over 6f in December and put in a decent showing when not beaten far into fifth over 7f on handicap debut at Chelmsford last time.

Form: 736-5

Non-Runners

(10)

Felisa³⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: P D Evans J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Last Enchantment (7/2), Sweet Symphony (7/2), Girls Talk (7/2), Grace's Secret (9/2), Felisa (7/1), Kachumba (12/1), Controversial Lady (14/1), Poetic Steps (14/1), Supersymmetry (16/1), Indiscretion (20/1)

SWEET SYMPHONY has been running well in defeat this winter and she can break her maiden at the sixth time of asking by taking this novice stakes. Marco Botti's charge was placed off this mark last time and she can see off Supersymmetry who recorded a decent effort when making her debut for this stable last time out. Controversial Lady was twice a winner as a two-year-old and this looks a weaker contest than the events she contested in France in the autumn.