15:00 Lingfield

Wednesday 27 January 2021

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:05

Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 3m 29.7s

(2)

Bird For Life^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Charlie Bennett| T: M D I Usher| OR: 62| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Respectable seventh of 13 in handicap at Kempton (16f, 20/1) 14 days ago, left with lot to do. Not taken lightly.

Form: 65845-7

(5)

Wemyss Point^b⁴⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-10| J: J Mitchell| T: P A Kirby| OR: 60

4/1

Eighth of 9 in handicap (15/2) at Newcastle (16.2f) 46 days ago, slowly away. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 8/68238-

(3)

Beaufort^h⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Edward Greatrex| T: W Greatrex| OR: 59| BF

28/1

Unreliable individual. Thirteenth of 16 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Newbury (16.3f, soft) 42 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Fair on the Flat.

Form: 706316/

(4)

Amanto^p,t²³

Age: 11| Weight: 9-8| J: R Havlin| T: A Stronge| OR: 58| CD

11/1

C&D winner. 10/1, fifth of 7 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 23 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Shortlist material.

Form: 49945-5

(8)

Lyrica's Lion⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss S West| OR: 56

15/2

Last of 13 in handicap (4/1) at this C&D (AW) 63 days ago.

Form: 546020-

(7)

Jan Wellens^b¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽⁷⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 59

18/1

11/2 and blinkers on for first time in this code, fourth of 5 in seller at this course (12f, AW) 11 days ago, slowly away. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 08/510-4

(6)

Aleatoric^b⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: R Kingscote| T: Martin Smith| OR: 48

6/4

Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (12f, AW, 7/2) 45 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Can give a good account.

Form: 938425-

Non-Runners

(1)

Ezanak²⁰

Weight: 9-0| Age: 8

T: J S Wainwright J: Josephine Gordon

Forecasts

Aleatoric (6/4), Bird For Life (3/1), Wemyss Point (4/1), Lyrica's Lion (15/2), Amanto (11/1), Jan Wellens (18/1), Ezanak (20/1), Beaufort (28/1)

This could get tactical with no obvious pace in the race, so LYRICA'S LION, who has winning form over much shorter trips, could be worth chancing on return from a break. Aleatoric didn't look straightforward under pressure when last seen but is a threat from his basement mark.