19:05 Lingfield

Saturday 4 August 2018

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(3)

Golden Slam¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: J Mitchell| T: R Varian| OR: 72| C

7/1

Novice stakes winner over 6f on soft ground here in June 2016. Had just two subsequent outings and interesting to see if he can build on a promising handicap debut at Newmarket (7f, good-to-firm) last month.

Form: 61/56

(5)

Amplification³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 76| D

7/1

Sole success came in a Doncaster (7f, good-to-soft) maiden last October. Fair efforts in handicaps over 1m the last twice and interesting down in trip.

Form: 31-366

(8)

Jupiter¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Joshua Bryan⁽³⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 74

20/1

Placed four times from eight starts including when beaten a neck into third in a four runner event at Windsor (1m, good-to-firm) last month. Well held on debut for this yard subsequently.

Form: 238-736

(6)

Assassinate^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Raul Da Silva| T: P & O Cole| OR: 64

16/1

Returned to form with a 2L fourth over C&D on good-to-firm ground last time out. Races off a 1lb lower mark and a repeat of that would see him involved in the finish.

Form: 601/984

(7)

Rux Ruxx⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: A M Balding| OR: 70| CD

1/1

Improving with racing this term and was a winner over C&D on good-to-firm ground a week ago. One for the shortlist off a 4lb higher mark.

Form: 77-531

(1)

Dear Bruin^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: William Carson| T: David Drinkwater| OR: 64| BF| CD

16/1

Impressive 5L winner over C&D on good-to-firm going in June. Beat just one rival home back here subsequently and interesting to see how she fares.

Form: 824316

(4)

Wild Dancer³²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: David Probert| T: P R Chamings| OR: 62| BF| CD

7/1

Placed over this trip on good-to-firm going the last twice. Beaten 2L at Chepstow last time out and races off the same mark on this occasion.

Form: 070-032

(10)

Knockout Blow⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S De Sousa| T: J R Boyle| OR: 68

6/1

Beaten 4L when finishing third over 5f at Bath (firm) in May. Held in two subsequent starts and making his debut for a new yard.

Form: 386369

Non-Runners

(2)

Luna Bear⁸

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: G & J Moore J: T E Whelan

(9)

Harbour Approach⁴⁰

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: D M Loughnane J: L Morris

Forecasts

Rux Ruxx (1/1), Knockout Blow (6/1), Wild Dancer (7/1), Amplification (7/1), Golden Slam (7/1), Harbour Approach (8/1), Dear Bruin (16/1), Assassinate (16/1), Luna Bear (16/1), Jupiter (20/1)

GOLDEN SLAM remains open to improvement and he can build on a promising handicap debut last month by defying top weight in this competitive contest. Trainer Roger Varian comes into this contest with a 21% strike-rate (6/29) in recent weeks and his charge is taken to get the better of Rux Ruxx who was a winner here seven days ago. Dear Bruin, impressive winner here on her penultimate start can take third.