14:35 Lingfield

Thursday 31 December 2020

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Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Handicap

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 1m 24.84s

(8)

Fighting Temeraire²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: George Downing| T: D K Ivory| OR: 82| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in June. 9¾ lengths ninth of 12 to Amber Island in handicap (20/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 24 days ago, left poorly placed. Should fare better today.

Form: 616429

(3)

Be Prepared³²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: George Rooke⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Bridger| OR: 82

66/1

Creditable sixth of 14 in minor event at Meydan (7f, good, 50/1), never nearer. Off 10 months. Makes polytrack debut. First run for yard after leaving Simon Crisford. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 31237-6

(10)

Count Otto^b,h¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Joey Haynes| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 81| C

16/1

Course winner. Nineteen runs since last win in 2019. 18/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at this course (6f, AW) 10 days ago, left with lot to do. Others more persuasive.

Form: 362978

(9)

Queen's Course¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 80| CD

15/8

C&D winner. 3 wins from 10 runs this year. Latest win here in December. Second of 4 in minor event (85/40) at this C&D (AW) 12 days ago, never nearer. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 523112

(7)

Triple Distilled^t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Josephine Gordon| T: S L Keightley| OR: 77| D

40/1

First run since leaving Nigel Tinkler when eleventh of 12 in handicap (25/1) at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 12 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Others have achieved more.

Form: 737680

(6)

Corazon Espinado²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: L Morris| T: S Dow| OR: 76| C| D

7/1

Course winner. Sixth of 8 in handicap at this course (8f, AW, 4/1) 22 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 004846

(4)

Boma Green^v1⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: S Donohoe| T: C Fellowes| OR: 76

7/2

Creditable second of 12 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 13/2) 50 days ago. Visor on 1st time. Merits consideration.

Form: 3-34932

(5)

Lethal Talent⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Levi Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 75| D

11/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f, 17/2) 82 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Jonathan Portman. One to note in the market.

Form: 708054

(1)

Blame Culture²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: David Probert| T: G G Margarson| OR: 74| D

5/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 4/1) 29 days ago. Each-way contender.

Form: 590826

(11)

Fume⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 67| C

66/1

Course winner. 5/1, pulled up in selling hurdle at Leicester (15.5f, soft) 45 days ago. Significantly down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Gary Moore. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 300-913

(2)

Mostaqqer¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Hayley Turner| T: M Wigham| OR: 67

40/1

33/1, first run since leaving D. K. Weld when eleventh of 14 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 15 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 0-25450

Non-Runners

(12)

Amber Island²⁴

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: D Loughnane J: Laura Pearson

Forecasts

Queen's Course (15/8), Boma Green (7/2), Blame Culture (5/1), Amber Island (5/1), Corazon Espinado (7/1), Fighting Temeraire (10/1), Lethal Talent (11/1), Count Otto (16/1), Triple Distilled (40/1), Mostaqqer (40/1), Be Prepared (66/1), Fume (66/1)

FIGHTING TEMERAIRE was unlucky last time when racing wide from his draw at Wolverhampton. He had run well prior to that after a break and should go well returning to this C&D. Queen's Course is a consistent, unexposed filly that has to be taken seriously. Blame Culture holds each-way claims from a low draw.