12:40 Lingfield

Tuesday 12 January 2021

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Bombardier British-Hopped Amber Beer Handicap

Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 1m 37.51s

(3)

Apex King¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D Loughnane| OR: 75| CD

3/1

C&D winner. First run since leaving Ed De Giles when encouraging fourth of 12 in handicap (16/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 13 days ago, not ideally placed. Not taken lightly.

Form: 697304-

(9)

Lottie Marie²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: R Kingscote| T: J Tuite| OR: 73| D

4/1

22/1, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (8f) 26 days ago. Can give another good account despite 4 lb rise.

Form: 285501-

(8)

Hector Loza^h²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Shepherd| T: S Dow| OR: 73| C

7/1

Course winner who posted respectable fourth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 29 days ago, better placed than most. Considered off 2 lb lower mark now.

Form: 068504-

(7)

Rogue Tide^p²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 72| D

40/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in October but only eleventh of 12 in handicap (28/1) at Kempton (8f) 29 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 114020-

(2)

Accomplice¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: David Probert| T: M Blanshard| OR: 71| CD

11/2

Notched fifth C&D win with career-best effort in 11-runner handicap 10 days ago. Up 4 lb but she's not taken lightly in current mood.

Form: 73143-1

(6)

Legende d'Art^t1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Louis Steward| T: H Spiller| OR: 71

28/1

Fair ex-French maiden. Cheekpieces on when only fourteenth of 16 in handicap (27/1) at Deauville (9.4f) 24 days ago on yard debut. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 24/4470-

(5)

Kodiellen⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Mr Edward Rees⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 70| D

50/1

Latest win at Kempton in September but she beat only one in 1m handicap at Chelmsford City (20/1) 46 days ago. Others are more persuasive.

Form: 481057-

(4)

Gavi Di Gavi^p⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Miss Georgia King⁽⁷⁾| T: A King| OR: 65

9/4

4/1, built on previous promise when 4l winner of 8.6f handicap at Wolverhampton 7 days ago, forging clear over 1f out. Looks one to beat turned out under 5 lb penalty.

Form: 38642-1

(1)

In The Cove^b¹²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Luke Catton⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 67| C| D

16/1

Course winner but off track since respectable sixth of 20 in 1m Doncaster novice in September. Needs to hit ground running on his return.

Form: 414366-

(10)

Cobra Eye¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽⁵⁾| T: D Steele| OR: 63

250/1

Fair 6f winner for John Quinn but yet to hit form in three runs for new yard, last in handicap (125/1) over C&D 10 days ago. Very hard to enthuse over.

Form: 98578-0

Forecasts

Gavi Di Gavi (9/4), Apex King (3/1), Lottie Marie (4/1), Accomplice (11/2), Hector Loza (7/1), In The Cove (16/1), Legende d'Art (28/1), Rogue Tide (40/1), Kodiellen (50/1), Cobra Eye (250/1)

GAVI DI GAVI is turned out quickly under a mere 5 lb penalty for his impressive four-length Wolverhampton victory so is hard to oppose here. Apex King can boast a C&D win and shaped encouragingly for David Loughnane last time so looks the one to chase home Alan King's gelding with course-specialist Accomplice a solid place prospect.