15:50 Lingfield

Monday 14 June 2021

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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Handicap

Off time: 15:51 | Winning time: 3m 26.58s

(9)

Manzil²⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Liam Jones| T: L Carter| OR: 61

50/1

22/1, respectable fourth of 8 in handicap at Catterick (13.9f, heavy). Off 8 months. Makes polytrack debut. First run for yard after leaving Michael Easterby. Uphill task.

Form: 092004-

(10)

Tin Fandango^p²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: David Probert| T: M D I Usher| OR: 61| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Returning from 4 months off when creditable second of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (16.6f, 18/1) 27 days ago. Just 1 lb higher now and likely to give another good account.

Form: 7207-82

(1)

Follow Intello²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Dane O'Neill| T: N J Gifford| OR: 61

14/1

Good fourth of 10 in handicap at Yarmouth (14.1f, good, 4/1) 26 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 5608-64

(8)

Bailarico^b⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: Thomas Greatrex⁽³⁾| T: W Greatrex| OR: 59| BF| CD

16/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. Bit below form ninth of 15 in handicap at Wetherby (16f, firm, 15/2) 6 days ago. Blinkers back on. Makes limited appeal.

Form: 04873-9

(11)

Bird For Life^p²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: Charlie Bennett| T: M D I Usher| OR: 58| CD

10/1

Back to winning ways when taking 7-runner handicap overs C&D (AW) 20 days ago. 2 lb rise fair and warrants respect.

Form: 333601

(2)

Gavlar^v²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 9-10| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M J Attwater| OR: 57| C| D

40/1

Course winner. 40/1, 1¼ lengths third of 7 to Bird For Life in handicap at this C&D (AW) 20 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 420-053

(5)

Givepeaceachance¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: D J Coakley| OR: 53| BF| D

7/2

Creditable third of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (16f, 15/8) 14 days ago. Each-way claims. 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 5253/33

(6)

Smith^v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: R Havlin| T: Mrs L Richards| OR: 53

20/1

Good second of 8 in handicap (12/1) at Chelmsford City (16f) 14 days ago, well positioned. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals. 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 19/0332

(4)

Winander^b1³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: S Bowen| T: W S Kittow| OR: 50

150/1

Eighth of 9 in minor event at Bath (11.6f, good to soft, 250/1) 33 days ago, missing break. Significantly up in trip. Blinkers on 1st time. Stiff task from 4 lb out of the weights on handicap debut.

Form: 0/0-8

(3)

Postie⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁷⁾| T: Harry Eustace| OR: 47

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Below-par sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Fakenham (20f, good to soft) 41 days ago, pulling hard. Yet to score under either code. 7 lb out of the weights.

Form: 90525/

(7)

Yagan⁷^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 58| C

4/5

Completed hat-trick when taking 8-runner handicap at this course (12f, AW) 7 days ago. 6 lb penalty to carry now but likely to take the beating nonetheless.

Form: 778-111

Forecasts

Yagan (4/5), Givepeaceachance (7/2), Tin Fandango (9/1), Bird For Life (10/1), Follow Intello (14/1), Bailarico (16/1), Smith (20/1), Gavlar (40/1), Manzil (50/1), Postie (50/1), Winander (150/1)

It's hard to get away from YAGAN, who has improved with each start since sent handicapping and should appreciate this stiffer test of stamina. Bird For Life and Tin Fandango should also go well.