16:50 Lingfield

Saturday 6 April 2019

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Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap

Off time: 16:51 | Winning time: 2m 3.40s

(4)

Jai Hanuman^h,t²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: F Norton| T: M Wigham| OR: 66

5/2

Thriving on racing and has won his last three starts with a degree of ease. Tries a new trip here but has been so progressive he must enter the calculations. Well worth considering.

Form: 42-2111

(2)

Subliminal¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: S Dow| OR: 65| BF| CD

5/4

Still relatively unexposed and won well over C&D on his penultimate start. Still potentially well handicapped and dangerous to underestimate. Being put 4lb for a close second last time looks very harsh though.

Form: 5-35512

(11)

Pendo¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Kieren Fox| T: J R Best| OR: 64| C

11/1

Exposed and no secrets from the handicapper but ran well enough over C&D last to merit consideration in this company. Does need to up his game and not noted for consistency though.

Form: 9389-73

(7)

Sir Gnet^h¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 64| CD

5/1

Ran on strongly to win over C&D latest; finally ridding himself of the maiden tag at the 17th time of asking. Raised just 2lb for those exertions, the entire has a feasible chance of following up but is another whose consistency is questionable.

Form: 827-451

(1)

Chikoko Trail^t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: H Crouch| T: G & J Moore| OR: 63

11/1

Improved effort in a first time tongue tie last time and found only Jai Hanuman too good; 3lb better off today and entitled to be thereabouts with a similar effort. Shortlisted.

Form: 5546-62

(8)

Officer Drivel^h³²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: Seamus Cronin⁽⁵⁾| T: P Butler| OR: 62

40/1

Stays well and has some reasonable form at this sort of level. Swapped yards since his last run though and doesn't look to be particularly well handicapped. Others more convincing.

Form: 85/0464-

(6)

Sunshineandbubbles^v⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Edward Greatrex| T: J Candlish| OR: 62| CD

40/1

Has won over C&D but best form has been posted at Wolverhampton; but out of form and needs to prove he's still got the heart for a battle.

Form: 973-300

(3)

The Lords Walk¹⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Ryan While⁽⁵⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 61

25/1

Potentially leniently treated on the pick of his Irish form but things haven't panned out form him since arriving on these shores. Has plenty to prove he debuts for another new yard.

Form: 236700-

(5)

Luna Magic¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: J Mitchell| T: Mrs L Pearce| OR: 56| C

10/1

Has snippets of from at this course but has never won over this trip and has a good deal to find after a string of modest efforts. (Latest run best forgotten as the hood was removed late, but big step forward still needed.)

Form: 0074-58

Non-Runners

(10)

My Brother Mike⁴⁹

Weight: 9-8| Age: 5

T: K Frost J: Non Runner

(9)

Zephyros⁴⁰

Weight: 9-5| Age: 8

T: D G Bridgwater J: Poppy Bridgwater

Forecasts

Subliminal (5/4), Jai Hanuman (5/2), Sir Gnet (5/1), Luna Magic (10/1), Zephyros (10/1), Pendo (11/1), Chikoko Trail (11/1), My Brother Mike (12/1), The Lords Walk (25/1), Sunshineandbubbles (40/1), Officer Drivel (40/1)

The progressive JAI HANUMAN has been found another decent opportunity to extend his run of good form and is hard to resist in a modest contest. Subliminal has scope to improve and is a viable alternative, while Chikoko Trail is weighted to give the selection a good run for the money this time and is another to bear in mind. Sir Gnet is best of the rest.