13:55 Lingfield

Wednesday 11 March 2020

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Betway Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 13:55 | Winning time: 2m 10.52s

(3)

Subliminal^p¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: S Dow| OR: 62| CD

7/2

Solid record over C&D with three wins and three place efforts from six starts over the combination. Better than last couple of starts at Chelmsford and at this venue over 1m4f suggest.

Form: 0-31180

(8)

Enmeshing^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 61| C

5/1

Solid and consistent sort continuing to run well in a good number of starts since the turn of the year. Placed over C&D from two starts over the combination and one to note in this contest.

Form: 17-2424

(13)

Music Major^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: R Havlin| T: M J Attwater| OR: 59| CD

7/1

Continues to run with credit in a number of starts since landing a 3K handicap over C&D in early January off a 3lb lower mark. Three wins and four place efforts from 15 starts over C&D puts him in the mix.

Form: 2-18726

(1)

Settle Petal^p1²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Charlie Bennett| T: P Phelan| OR: 58| CD

12/1

Last win came back in November 2018. Beaten 3½L over C&D last month. Could be of interest now racing 4lb lower than last winning mark with first time cheekpieces to assist.

Form: 3940-65

(10)

He's Our Star²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: A Stronge| OR: 57

4/1

Winner of four of his 23 Flat races, all victories coming on turf with the gelding still without success in nine starts on an AW surface, failing to hit the frame in three starts at this venue. Looks up against it.

Form: 7939-06

(12)

Dansepo¹⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: K Shoemark| T: A West| OR: 56

28/1

Followed two poor efforts when he failed to beat a rival home with a shock 66/1 win on heavy ground over 7f at Leicester. Well held since and best watched on first start at this track.

Form: 9818-

(5)

Dolly McQueen^h1³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: William Carson| T: A Carson| OR: 55

20/1

Got off the mark at Southwell over 1m3f back in November at the eighth time of asking for connections. Wears first-time hood on debut at this venue.

Form: 159-83P

(6)

Janus^p1²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: D C Costello| T: M F Harris| OR: 53| CD

9/2

Lightly raced Rock Of Gibraltar gelding got off the mark for connections at the third time of asking on the Flat when landing a 3K handicap over C&D last month off a 3lb lower mark. Another bold bid expected in first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 040/971

(7)

Usanecolt^b1²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Nicola Currie| T: J A Osborne| OR: 50

25/1

Nine-race maiden. Has failed to hit the frame in three starts at this venue including pulling up over C&D in early January. First time blinkers unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 934-P05

(2)

Voice of A Leader¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 8-10| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 49| CD

12/1

Usually seen plying jis trade round Southwell or Chelmsford but has a solid record here including a win and two place efforts over C&D. Entitled to have designs on prize money in this company.

Form: 78-4283

(9)

Estibdaad^t²³

Age: 10| Weight: 8-7| J: Georgia Dobie⁽⁵⁾| T: P Butler| OR: 45| CD

50/1

Veteran who has a solid record over C&D winning three of his 17 starts over the combination. Concerns over the gelding now racing 9lb lower than last winning mark and hard to see where improvement is coming from.

Form: 000-950

Non-Runners

(11)

Top Beak⁶⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: Mark Gillard J: Josephine Gordon

(4)

Decoration Of War¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: M Appleby J: Alistair Rawlinson

Forecasts

Subliminal (7/2), He's Our Star (4/1), Janus (9/2), Enmeshing (5/1), Music Major (7/1), Decoration Of War (7/1), Settle Petal (12/1), Voice of A Leader (12/1), Top Beak (12/1), Dolly McQueen (20/1), Usanecolt (25/1), Dansepo (28/1), Estibdaad (50/1)

The lightly raced Rock Of Gibraltar gelding JANUS got off the mark for connections at the third time of asking on the Flat when landing a 3K handicap over C&D last month off a 3lb lower mark and can back that win up in this contest. The fitting of first-time cheekpieces are likely to assist the five-year-old as he gets the better of the solid and consistent Enmeshing who continues to run well in defeat since the turn of the year. Top weight Subliminal, He's Our Star and C&D winner Music Major should not be underestimated.