17:40 Lingfield

Tuesday 6 October 2020

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Betway Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 17:42 | Winning time: 2m 34.69s

(2)

Bird To Love^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Bradley Harris⁽⁷⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 55

13/2

12/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (11f) 18 days ago, not disgraced given he wasn't ideally placed. Not discounted on balance.

Form: 030639

(13)

Mistress Nellie³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Selma Grage⁽³⁾| T: W Stone| OR: 55| D

7/1

2 wins from 4 runs this year. Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (11/4) at Windsor (10f, heavy) 38 days ago, driven out. Consistent mare who is fancied to be in the shake up again.

Form: 23-1771

(8)

Light Of Air^b²²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Anna Gibson⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 53| D

14/1

22/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at this course (10f, AW) 22 days ago. Not really seen to best effect since returning to action but his mark is easing all the time.

Form: 15-7060

(15)

Ruby Wine⁶⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Joseph Lyons⁽⁵⁾| T: J Scott| OR: 52

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 28/1) 67 days ago, going backwards from her reappearance. However, she remains low-mileage at least.

Form: 440-70

(3)

Born Leader⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Saffie Osborne| T: H Morrison| OR: 52

2/1

12/1, good second of 9 in handicap at Nottingham (14f, good) 9 days ago, just failing. Merits consideration.

Form: 2520-02

(12)

Cheese And Wine³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Pam Du Crocq⁽⁵⁾| T: C F Wall| OR: 56| BF

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Shaped encouragingly when sixth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f, 7/2) 31 days ago. Likely he has more to offer at this sort of level and worth a second look.

Form: 00-66

(1)

Iballisticvin^p²²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Louis Garoghan⁽⁵⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 49| D

9/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2017. 12/1, fifth of 14 in handicap at this course (10f, AW) 22 days ago, keeping on gradually. Return to 1½m a plus and worth noting if market vibes are strong.

Form: 487-345

(14)

Hi There Silver⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: M Madgwick| OR: 45

66/1

Last of 7 in handicap hurdle at Fontwell (19.2f, soft, 80/1) 4 days ago. Modest on the Flat, poor on last Flat run.

Form: 57-4540

(10)

Tahan⁴⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Luke Catton| T: O Murphy| OR: 45

20/1

Struggled to make an impact for pair of yards in Ireland on Flat/over hurdles but has joined a yard who have done well with such types and worth a check in the betting for clues on belated return.

Form: 068/000-

(11)

Sukie Two¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Tyler Heard| T: A Carson| OR: 47

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 7 in minor event at Chelmsford City (10f, 150/1) 16 days ago. Entitled to hold more chance now handicapping.

Form: 886

(5)

Lady Alexandria^b1²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Gaia Boni⁽³⁾| T: M P Tregoning| OR: 45

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 8 in minor event at Salisbury (9.9f, good, 40/1) 25 days ago. Up in trip. Blinkered for 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 068

(4)

Madame Winner^p³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Lorenzo Atzori⁽⁵⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 45

12/1

Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (16.6f, 20/1) 34 days ago. Down in trip. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 00-0835

(6)

Silver Imperial²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Joe Bradnam⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Attwater| OR: 45

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, fourth of 8 in maiden at Kempton (8f) 21 days ago. Significant step up in trip needs to bring about a chunk of improvement to see her feature.

Form: 804

Non-Runners

(7)

Lady Magda²²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: J G Portman J: Non Runner

(9)

Urban Scene⁷⁷

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: Mrs L C Jewell J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Born Leader (2/1), Cheese And Wine (9/2), Bird To Love (13/2), Mistress Nellie (7/1), Iballisticvin (9/1), Madame Winner (12/1), Light Of Air (14/1), Lady Magda (16/1), Tahan (20/1), Lady Alexandria (22/1), Ruby Wine (33/1), Sukie Two (50/1), Hi There Silver (66/1), Silver Imperial (150/1)

MISTRESS NELLIE showed a good attitude when doubling her tally at Windsor and she's fancied to make another bold bid. Born Leader and Cheese And Wine head the dangers, whilst Tahan is worth a precautionary market check on debut for Olly Murphy.