17:50 Lingfield

Tuesday 12 June 2018

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Intec Select Selling Stakes (AW)

Off time: 17:50 | Winning time: 1m 12.92s

(7)

Varsovian^p¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: R Winston| T: D K Ivory| OR: 71| CD

9/4

C&D winner who has been finding it tough to get his head of front of late. Drop back in grade to a seller gives him a big shout at the weights and should go well.

Form: 263404

(1)

Alkashaaf^b,t⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: R Havlin| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 65| D

14/1

Been slightly on the downgrade since joining this yard. Best recent effort came in a three-runner claimer over C&D three starts back. Capable at this best though if short break has freshened him up

Form: 9-88296

(2)

Musical Comedy¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Watson⁽⁵⁾| T: M Murphy| OR: 59| D

6/1

Struggled since finishing runner-up at Windsor (6f, good) last July including in three outings this spring. Would have a big shout in this at his peak however and good claimer booked. Could bounce back.

Form: 700-085

(6)

Steelriver²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: Donagh O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 76| D

3/1

Only three wins (all on the AW) from 66 career starts. Not been in the best of form of late but very capable at this level on his day so any market support would be significant.

Form: 08-9850

(3)

Stopdworldnletmeof^b,e/s²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Harry Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: D Flood| OR: 37

20/1

Still a maiden after 15 starts and is likely to struggle to cope with a few of these at the weights.

Form: 484523

(9)

Born To Boogie⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Cameron Noble⁽⁵⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 43

33/1

Dual purpose campaigner but yet to get off the mark under either code of racing. Very modest form at best and others look much more convincing.

Form: 66/897-7

(4)

Grand Acclaim^p1³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Callum Shepherd| T: H J L Dunlop| OR: 50

25/1

Best effort by some way when fourth at Bath (5½f, good) two starts back. Didn't like the soft ground at Chepstow last time. Switch to this surface and cheekpieces added could give him a squeak dropped in grade.

Form: 9548-46

(8)

Kavora²⁶⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: K T O'Neill| T: George Baker

11/4

Only had one start so far when shaping with a bit of promise at Kempton (7f, AW). Not been seen for eight months since though and hard to recommend here unless positive in market.

Form: 5-

Non-Runners

(5)

Ballesteros⁴³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 9

T: R Ingram J: Kieren Fox

Forecasts

Varsovian (9/4), Kavora (11/4), Steelriver (3/1), Musical Comedy (6/1), Alkashaaf (14/1), Ballesteros (14/1), Stopdworldnletmeof (20/1), Grand Acclaim (25/1), Born To Boogie (33/1)

Keep an eye on the market for Kavora who shaped with promise on debut. Grand Acclaim could make his presence felt switched to this surface and dropped in grade. The solid option is VARSOVIAN who clearly has the best recent form in the book and should be able to take advantage of this drop in class.