20:15 Lingfield

Saturday 30 June 2018

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Lynda Cottons Hawaiian Birthday Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 20:28 | Winning time: 1m 11.02s

(3)

Powerful Dream^p³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: R Harris| OR: 70| D

7/1

Fairly treated just now but has raced only three times (without success) over six furlongs. Needs to pull something out of the fire under top weight at this distance.

Form: 313255

(5)

La Fortuna^t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: William Carson| T: C Wallis| OR: 68| D

5/1

Been in the form of her life this season and has reaped the benefit with five wins since February. Showed no ill-effects from a break when second in a similar contest at Newmarket latest, which may well have primed her for a big run here.

Form: 111352

(4)

Porto Ferro²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: K T O'Neill| T: J J Bridger| OR: 66| D

11/4

Winner over 5f at Windsor last month and has held her form well in two starts since. More to do now upped in trip but does have the stamina to cope and would be dangerous to underestimate.

Form: 532152

(1)

Whitecrest¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 9-3| J: Jason Watson⁽⁵⁾| T: J L Spearing| OR: 66| CD

11/4

Exploited a very handy mark to score in bloodless at Nottingham last time. Won by 4L and showed no signs of stopping. Up 8lb for that success but has won off higher marks so has to merit consideration again.

Form: 467381

(2)

Toolatetodelegate^p,t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Joshua Bryan⁽⁵⁾| T: B Barr| OR: 61| D

12/1

Came good with a couple of placed efforts before winning two extended 5f races at bath last month. Kept busy since but found revised mark insurmountable and looks opposable this time.

Form: 221145

(6)

Sweet Pursuit¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Theodore Ladd⁽⁷⁾| T: B R Millman| OR: 60| CD

11/4

Won twice last summer but still appears to need some cut in the ground and, given that her two starts this season have been below par, the filly comes here with a bit to prove.

Form: 1377-85

Non-Runners

(7)

The Lacemaker²²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: C A Dwyer J: Nicola Currie

Forecasts

Porto Ferro (11/4), Sweet Pursuit (11/4), Whitecrest (11/4), The Lacemaker (9/2), La Fortuna (5/1), Powerful Dream (7/1), Toolatetodelegate (12/1)

The back-to-form WHITECREST may not be the most predictable filly in training but she is still potentially well-in here despite going up 8lb for a smooth success last time out. She gets the nod in preference to The LACEMAKER, who likes this C&D but has to bounce back after a slight blip at Brighton three weeks ago. La Fortuna looks the pick remainder although support for Porto Ferro would be interesting to note.