16:00 Lingfield

Thursday 3 May 2018

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Off time: 16:01 | Winning time: 1m 24.12s

(8)

Insurgence²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 83| CD

3/1

Improved from maiden company to win his latest two starts over C&D in handicaps. Handicapper perhaps struggling to get hold of him at present due to narrow margins of success and with more improvement to come, he's the one to beat.

Form: 0671-1

(6)

Central City^p1²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Louis Steward| T: H Palmer| OR: 82

12/1

Starting to become frustrating to follow and just won one of his 11 starts. String of placed efforts mounting up and others likely to prove better handicapped. Wears first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 21622-2

(9)

Crack On Crack On¹⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| OR: 81

7/2

Improved from his first couple of runs to place at Kempton when last seen. Winner of that race has gone on to frank the form significantly since and given he's shown he handles an undulating surface, he's of interest on handicap debut.

Form: 552-

(4)

Sergio Leone²⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 78

11/2

Improved from debut to place at Windsor and ran too a similar level when winning at Kempton in October. Hard to say he looks particularly well-handicapped on that evidence but may have improved over the winter.

Form: 621-

(1)

Epic Fantasy¹³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: C Hills| OR: 78| BF

4/1

Unlucky not to have got his head in front to date and shaped like a step up in trip would suit last time out at Wolverhampton. Freshened up since that run and yard started the season in excellent form.

Form: 3222-

(2)

Zaajer²⁰⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Dane O'Neill| T: Owen Burrows| OR: 76

3/1

Produced a promising effort on debut but didn't really go on from that in two subsequent starts. Could be a different proposition this year but entitled to need the run.

Form: 345-

(5)

Red Force One^p1²⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Patrick Pilley⁽³⁾| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 75WS

16/1

Ran well on debut behind a promisng type but struggled in similar class to this throughout the summer. Has his first start since wind surgery here and needs to improve for that and the fitting of first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 24445-

(7)

Cristal Pallas Cat²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽⁵⁾| T: R Ingram| OR: 72| D

33/1

Hit and miss performer but no obvious signs he's ready to get his head in front off this sort of mark and he's up against less exposed sorts here.

Form: 12-4320

Non-Runners

(3)

Harbour Vision¹⁵³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: D H Brown J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Insurgence (3/1), Zaajer (3/1), Crack On Crack On (7/2), Epic Fantasy (4/1), Sergio Leone (11/2), Central City (12/1), Harbour Vision (14/1), Red Force One (16/1), Cristal Pallas Cat (33/1)

INSURGENCE could be hard to beat in his course and distance hat-trick bid and there's a strong suspicion he's still ahead of his mark. Crack On Crack On brings a smart level of form to the race with his latest effort at Kempton boosted subsequently by the winner. Epic Fantasy is becoming a frustrating sort of horse to follow but should be thereabouts for the places once again.