11:30 Lingfield

Wednesday 2 December 2020

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Betway Welcome Back Racegoers Handicap

Off time: 11:34 | Winning time: 2m 30.25s

(3)

Brancaster⁴⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: P Hanagan| T: D R C Elsworth| OR: 60| D

12/1

Irresolute performer. 3/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at Haydock (11.6f, soft), not running on. Off 15 months. Others more persuasive.

Form: 067746-

(2)

Janus^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Rob Hornby| T: M F Harris| OR: 58| C

8/1

Course winner. Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Wincanton (15.3f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Fair on the Flat, creditable on last Flat run. Not taken lightly.

Form: 252364

(1)

King Athelstan^b¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 58| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Ninth of 14 in handicap (12/1) at this course (15.8f, AW) 18 days ago. Back down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 234639

(12)

Narjes^h²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Cieren Fallon| T: M Appleby| OR: 57| BF| C

6/1

Course winner. Latest win here in October. 9/4, respectable fourth of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 25 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 821464

(16)

Abel Tasman¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: Ian Williams| OR: 57| C

8/1

Course winner. 11/2, bit below form third of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 16 days ago. Draw tempers enthusiasm.

Form: 090053

(8)

Double Legend^b¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽⁵⁾| T: R Ingram| OR: 55| D

50/1

First run since leaving Amanda Perrett when below form sixth of 11 in handicap (80/1) at Southwell (12.1f) 17 days ago. Difficult to make a case for.

Form: 749856

(6)

Three Dragons³⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: J Mitchell| T: J Parr| OR: 58

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, eighth of 9 in nursery at Newcastle (8f). Off 11 months. First run for yard after leaving Ben Haslam. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 6368-

(14)

Mistress Nellie⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Hollie Doyle| T: W Stone| OR: 54| D

16/1

2 wins from 6 runs this year. Latest win at Windsor in August. Respectable fourth of 14 in handicap at Yarmouth (11.5f, heavy, 17/2) 43 days ago, slowly away. One to consider.

Form: 177164

(4)

Smiley Bagel^p1⁴⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: P J McDonald| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 54| CD

80/1

3-time C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2018. Fourteenth of 16 in handicap (200/1) at Windsor (11.4f, good to soft) 44 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Difficult to fancy.

Form: 4500-00

(9)

Beat The Breeze^p²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Shepherd| T: S Dow| OR: 56

9/2

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 11/4) 25 days ago, all out. Every chance of landing the hat-trick up in trip.

Form: 584211

(11)

Devizes¹⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: J F Egan| T: P Phelan| OR: 51

8/1

13/2, last of 12 in handicap at Kempton (16f). Off 170 days. Back down in trip. Difficult to make a case for.

Form: 7072-50

(7)

Taima^b1³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 54| BF

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/3, last of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 39 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Would be dangerous to dismiss off that effort.

Form: 90-60

(15)

Corofin⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 49

14/1

18/1, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (14f) 9 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 578474

(5)

Dame Denali^b1¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Darragh Keenan⁽³⁾| T: A Carson| OR: 45

80/1

12/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (11f) 16 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Others have achieved more.

Form: 548758

Non-Runners

(13)

Gravity Wave²⁵

Weight: 9-5| Age: 6

T: J L Flint J: Non Runner

(10)

On The Right Track³⁰

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: M D I Usher J: Charlie Bennett

Forecasts

Beat The Breeze (9/2), On The Right Track (5/1), Three Dragons (11/2), Narjes (6/1), Abel Tasman (8/1), Janus (8/1), Devizes (8/1), King Athelstan (10/1), Brancaster (12/1), Corofin (14/1), Mistress Nellie (16/1), Taima (25/1), Gravity Wave (33/1), Double Legend (50/1), Smiley Bagel (80/1), Dame Denali (80/1)

BEAT THE BREEZE is in search of the hat-trick after two wins over 10f at Chelmsford. He's still unexposed over this trip having only tried it once in September (and ran creditably) so is taken to continue his progression here. On The Right Track is another last-time-out winner worthy of consideration. King Athelstan holds each-way claims too.