16:15 Lingfield

Tuesday 4 May 2021

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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 2m 31.4s

(4)

Stormingin^b²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Anna Gibson⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 62

11/1

Temperamental sort. Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Good second of 14 in handicap (50/1) at Kempton (11f) 25 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 428-052

(1)

Foresee⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Ray Dawson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 60| D

10/3

Twelve runs since last win in 2020 but posted good second of 13 in handicap (10/1) at this C&D (AW) 7 days ago, well positioned. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 353832

(8)

Evaporust^p²³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Isobel Francis⁽⁵⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 58| C

6/1

Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (14f, 16/5) 7 months ago. Course winner too so much respected despite his absence.

Form: 233211-

(5)

Hammy End^h¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Marco Ghiani| T: W Muir & C Grassick| OR: 57

15/8

Unreliable sort but recorded one of his better efforts when third of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (14f, 9/2) 14 days ago. Not ruled out if able to back that effort up.

Form: 43237-3

(6)

Compass Point¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Hogan| T: R Brisland| OR: 56| C| D

12/1

Course winner who improved on recent efforts to win 9-runner handicap at Southwell (12.1f, 14/1) 14 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 198701

(7)

Double Legend^b¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽³⁾| T: R Ingram| OR: 54| CD

15/2

C&D winner in January buty only eighth of 12 in handicap (12/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 10 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 125468

(10)

Cool To Be A Cat⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: William Carver⁽³⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 50| D

12/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in December. 12/1, last of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (14f) 52 days ago though so others are preferred.

Form: 01-3279

(2)

Aquascopic²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Laura Pearson⁽³⁾| T: W Stone| OR: 50

50/1

Poor maiden on Flat. Seventh of 8 in minor event at this course (10f, AW, 200/1) 27 days ago. Makes handicap debut but others more persuasive.

Form: 997

(3)

Corofin²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: William Cox| T: R Bandey| OR: 47

16/1

First run since leaving Richard Hannon when respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 16/1) 22 days ago. Back up in trip and not totally dismissed.

Form: 7403-57

(9)

Singer In The Sand^p1²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽⁷⁾| T: P Phelan| OR: 45

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 125/1, creditable third over hurdles at Plumpton (17.8f, good) 29 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. No forlorn hope.

Form: 00009/

Forecasts

Hammy End (15/8), Foresee (10/3), Evaporust (6/1), Double Legend (15/2), Stormingin (11/1), Compass Point (12/1), Cool To Be A Cat (12/1), Corofin (16/1), Singer In The Sand (50/1), Aquascopic (50/1)

A tightly-knit handicap in which FORESEE is taken to go one better than his recent C&D second and end his losing run. Course-winner Compass Point rates the chief threat on the back of his Southwell victory, with Evaporust not taken lightly either despite his absence.