16:10 Lingfield

Thursday 31 May 2018

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Mark James Born To Run Handicap

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 1m 58.98s

(7)

Ritha¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 60

11/1

Poet's Voice filly has not show anything so far and now earns the dubious right to race in a 0-60 handicap. Many of the yard's horses are stepping up for a run, but she is coming from a long way down.

Form: 090-0

(9)

Rosedale Topping^v³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: H Crouch| T: E F Vaughan| OR: 60

4/1

Fulfilled previous promise when scoring in the Yarmouth mud. The runner-up has let the form down, but the third and fourth have since made the effort look a lot better and a 6lb rise may be manageable.

Form: 00-5501

(13)

The Night King²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: F Norton| T: M Quinn| OR: 60

5/1

Chelmsford winner off this mark in January but he has regressed over his last three starts and he appears better suited to AW tracks.

Form: 513403

(2)

Balgowlah²⁰¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: D R Lanigan| OR: 59

11/2

Has barely beaten a rival in three starts. Begins handicapping from a low mark and stable have got amongst the winners lately. One to check in early trading.

Form: 088-

(1)

King Athelstan²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P J Dobbs| T: J R Best| OR: 58

14/1

Has underachieved for top riders over a variety of trips. Time to step up and jockey is 3-9 for the yard.

Form: 688-00

(10)

Beloved Knight²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: David Probert| T: Mrs L J Mongan| OR: 57

10/1

Makes turf debut off a mark which just looked beyond him last time and others make more appeal under those circumstances.

Form: 97-3825

(8)

Johni Boxit^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: A Kirby| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 57

10/1

Has proved regressive on last three starts and cheekpieces made little difference two weeks ago. Up in trip again.

Form: 3240-09

(11)

Champs Inblue²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Charlie Bennett⁽³⁾| T: P Phelan| OR: 53

13/2

No show so far in four starts but bred to improve with racing and he did pass a few rivals last time

Form: 60-74

(3)

Forricherforpoorer¹⁰³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: S De Sousa| T: W J Knight| OR: 52

15/2

Chelmsford third seems to flatter him judged by subsequent exploits. Jockey is normally a significant booking for the yard so worth checking the market for signals.

Form: 00-5300

(14)

Dragon Tattoo²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: William Cox⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs L C Jewell| OR: 45

50/1

A change of yard's has failed to halt the slide in form of this ex-Hugo Palmer resident and a poor draw makes this even harder.

Form: 0-74606

(4)

Seaquinn⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: M Dwyer| T: J R Best| OR: 45

16/1

Showed first signs of ability last time and probably much more to come. Not ruled out and a market move would enhance her prospects.

Form: 90-05

Non-Runners

(12)

Ragstone Ridge²⁷

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: M McGrath J: Non Runner

(5)

Spring Praise³⁰

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: M Botti J: Non Runner

(6)

Valerie's Memory³⁷

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: P Hide J: R Havlin

Forecasts

Rosedale Topping (4/1), Spring Praise (4/1), The Night King (5/1), Balgowlah (11/2), Champs Inblue (13/2), Forricherforpoorer (15/2), Johni Boxit (10/1), Beloved Knight (10/1), Ritha (11/1), King Athelstan (14/1), Seaquinn (16/1), Valerie's Memory (20/1), Dragon Tattoo (50/1), Ragstone Ridge (50/1)

ROSEDALE TOPPING has the form in the book and as such looks the logical choice. There are plenty of potential traps for punters with the John Best pair Seaquinn and King Athelstan, plus Forricherforpoorer and Balgowlah, all open to improvement. That quartet are potential springers in the market, whilst Philip Hide has got his horses back to form after a quiet spell so Valerie's Memory could prove a surprise package.