20:15 Lingfield

Saturday 8 June 2019

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Racing Welfare Handicap

Off time: 20:15 | Winning time: 1m 12.04s

(1)

Buridan¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon| OR: 87| D

9/4

Useful fast ground form last summer and back to best when just touched off at Windsor last week. Forecast rain could be a concern though as only run in the past on good to soft was a below par effort.

Form: 0-75742

(4)

Vegas Boy^t¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Nicola Currie| T: J A Osborne| OR: 87| CD

6/1

C&D winner last summer and again showed his liking for cut in the ground when second in better race at Ascot on penultimate start though may have raced on the favoured side of the track that day.

Form: 937-529

(9)

Royal Residence²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: P J McDonald| T: J Tate| OR: 84| BF| D

5/4

Just behind Vegas Boy at Ascot when both raced on the best part of the course. That confirmed his liking for soft ground and with the plum draw here makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 5120-63

(3)

Zamjar^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Charles Bishop| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 83| D

18/1

Restless in stalls last time so that can be forgiven. Yet to race on softer than good so bit to prove on likely ground and yard having quiet spell.

Form: 547-268

(7)

Tomily⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Luke Catton⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 80| D

9/1

Struggling badly for from of late including defeat in a claimer last month. though has plenty of soft ground form and has been dropped 24lb in the past year if he can ever recapture his best.

Form: 08-7937

(5)

Burguillos^p1¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: R Kingscote| T: S C Williams| OR: 77

12/1

One piece of form at Newmarket at this trip a year ago which would make him of interest but struggling of late and hard to know what to expect at present.

Form: 57-7949

Non-Runners

(6)

Double Up²⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 8

T: Ian Williams J: Jason Watson

(8)

Private Matter³³

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: Miss A Murphy J: Sean Davis

(2)

Emily Goldfinch¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 6

T: P S McEntee J: Grace McEntee

Forecasts

Royal Residence (5/4), Buridan (9/4), Vegas Boy (6/1), Emily Goldfinch (6/1), Tomily (9/1), Burguillos (12/1), Private Matter (12/1), Double Up (16/1), Zamjar (18/1)

There is a chance he was flattered by his Ascot run when there seemed to be a bias but ROYAL RESIDENCE has plenty of other soft ground form in the book and he could hold too many guns for these. Vegas Boy cam chase the selection home while Private Matter has conditions to suit and is worth keeping an eye on.