12:40 Lingfield

Saturday 5 January 2019

All12:4013:1513:4514:1514:5015:25

Betway Casino Handicap

Off time: 12:42 | Winning time: 2m 5.05s

(8)

Graceful James³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: K T O'Neill| T: J C Fox| OR: 75| D

6/1

Not suited to waiting tactics over shorter last time. Back to his last winning trip/mark so has to be respected

Form: 7/36257-

(9)

King Of The Sand²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: A Kirby| T: G & J Moore| OR: 73

3/1

Sole success came under this rider in 2017 who is back on board for the first time since. Penultimate run gives him an edge over Bayston Hill and 1m3f in better company proved too much last time.

Form: 1/39057-

(4)

Bayston Hill³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: David Probert| T: M D I Usher| OR: 70| CD

8/1

All five wins have come off marks below 70 and a few of these look better handicapped at present.

Form: 424193-

(5)

Seaborough³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: M Harley| T: A King| OR: 70

16/1

Sole success came over 1m and he was found out when stepped up to this grade next time. Work to do off the same mark and having been tailed off at Market Rasen a month ago.

Form: 0/27416-

(3)

Forbidden Planet⁸⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: R Kingscote| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 69

6/5

Improved last time on handicap debut (1m) but the time was slow and the form just ordinary. Has changed yards since and chances depend on what improvement they have found.

Form: 7852-

(6)

Sunbreak⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: J Fanning| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 67

7/1

Landed two AW races as a juvenile but missed most of 2018. Two runs last month have seen him fold under pressure and doubts have to persist despite an attractive handicap mark.

Form: 1190/05-

(1)

Jupiter¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Edward Greatrex| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 62

66/1

Mark has been plummeting with good cause. Boxing Day effort, his first following wind surgery, did not augur well.

Form: 367400-

Non-Runners

(7)

Sir George Somers⁴³⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 6

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: L P Keniry

(2)

Appenzeller³⁷

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: R Hughes J: Finley Marsh

Forecasts

Forbidden Planet (6/5), King Of The Sand (3/1), Graceful James (6/1), Appenzeller (13/2), Sunbreak (7/1), Bayston Hill (8/1), Sir George Somers (14/1), Seaborough (16/1), Jupiter (66/1)

KING OF THE SAND represents a yard in form and is reunited with the rider who steered him to his sole success. He has dropped to an attractive mark and this looks a lot easier than his latest task. Graceful James went well on his last start here and is back down to his last winning mark and steps up to his optimum trip. Bayston Hill is consistent but exposed and so Forbidden Planet may be a bigger danger, particularly if the market speaks in his favour on debut for a top stable.