14:20 Lingfield

Saturday 21 November 2020

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Betway Handicap

Off time: 14:23 | Winning time: 56.89s

(8)

Verne Castle^b,h²⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: N Mackay| T: M Wigham| OR: 85| CD

33/1

C&D winner. 9/2, fourth of 5 in handicap at Chelmsford City (5f). Best watched returning from an 8 month break.

Form: 321424

(1)

Restless Rose³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Hayley Turner| T: S C Williams| OR: 84| D

9/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Tenth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f, 15/2) 35 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 112920

(9)

Lomu¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: J Mitchell| T: D Loughnane| OR: 83| D

13/2

33/1, first run since leaving Iain Jardine when eighth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 17 days ago. Every chance he comes on for that outing and very much one to consider.

Form: 544508

(3)

Son And Sannie¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: A Kirby| T: P T Midgley| OR: 82| D

4/1

2 wins from 5 runs this year. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap (12/1) at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 19 days ago, just holding on. Improving all the time recently.

Form: 4-21471

(5)

Lihou²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Darragh Keenan⁽³⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 81| D

7/1

Latest win at Chester in August. Below form fourth of 10 in handicap (22/1) at Newbury (6f, heavy) 29 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 421304

(7)

Grandfather Tom^v¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Ray Dawson⁽³⁾| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 79| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Yarmouth in September. Sixth of 8 in handicap (22/1) at Nottingham (5f, good to soft) 17 days ago. More needed.

Form: 465156

(2)

Saaheq^b,e/s³²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Rob Hornby| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 77| D

11/1

14/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 32 days ago. Eyeshields back on, blinkers back on. Difficult to make a case for in current form.

Form: 240300

(4)

Dark Shot^b¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: David Probert| T: S Dixon| OR: 77| D

18/1

Latest win at Leicester in September. Creditable third of 11 in handicap at Southwell (5f, 10/1) 12 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 195863

(6)

Newyorkstateofmind^b¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: George Rooke⁽⁵⁾| T: W R Muir| OR: 76| C| D

2/1

3/1, career best when winning 12-runner handicap at this course (6f, AW) 17 days ago, driven out. Expected to be bang there once again.

Form: 538621

Forecasts

Newyorkstateofmind (2/1), Son And Sannie (4/1), Lomu (13/2), Lihou (7/1), Restless Rose (9/1), Saaheq (11/1), Grandfather Tom (12/1), Dark Shot (18/1), Verne Castle (33/1)

NEWYORKSTATEOFMIND is thriving at the moment with a second and a win at this venue in the past few weeks. It would be dangerous to oppose him following up off a 3 lb higher mark. Son and Sannie is a progressive sprinter who should go very close, while Lomu is an intriguing runner on his second start for this yard and warrants each-way consideration.