15:17 Lingfield

Thursday 25 November 2021

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Off time: 15:17 | Winning time: 4m 3.41s

Go As You Please^b1³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: R P McLernon| T: P R Webber| OR: 103| D

10/1

Profile has a rather all-or-nothing look to it, landing 4-runner contest at Warwick in September but never really going at Fontwell a month later. Blinkers replace usual cheekpieces.

Form: 1P2-414

Finnegan's Garden²²⁸

18/1

Veteran who ended 2019/20 campaign with a pair of victories, including here. Not at his best last term, though, finishing third of 7 at Plumpton (19.8f) when last seen 7 months ago. Had a wind op.

Form: 443363-

King Cnut¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: C Hobson| OR: 97

50/1

Chase winner for Chris Gordon in May 2019 but showed nothing after 26 months off at Huntingdon earlier this month. Can't be recommended on that evidence.

Form: 16344/P

Guguss Collonges²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 92

3/1

Some promise over hurdles, in the process of showing a bit more than of late when falling 2 out at Lingfield 25 days ago. Player if none the worse from that spill.

Form: 46U-88F

Ivilnoble^b²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr Ben Ffrench Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: D J S Ffrench Davis| OR: 92

7/2

Took a step back in the right direction from a rapidly-falling mark when runner-up sporting first-time blinkers at Plumpton earlier this month. Down another 1 lb and can make his presence felt.

Form: P5-P892

Gallic Geordie¹⁷³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-3| J: R T Dunne| T: S Drinkwater| OR: 80| CD

7/2

First form when making a winning chase debut at Lingfield (2m) last December. Little to shout about since, tailed-off eighth when last seen at Hexham 6 months ago.

Form: P/1PP-58

Spectaculardisplay^t1²²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽³⁾| T: D G Bridgwater| OR: 80

7/1

No promise in 3 starts over hurdles and hopes pinned on switch to the larger obstacles sparking dramatic improvement. Tongue tie applied for reappearance.

Form: VP05-

Valentine's Turf^p⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Jack Tudor⁽³⁾| T: Christian Williams| OR: 79

11/2

Steadily progressive form over hurdles for Bernard Llewellyn, just edged out at Ludlow in May. Possibly amiss on chase debut and fared no better after a wind operation when tailed off last month.

Form: 963-2P7

Midnight Owle^t²¹⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Cillin Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss C Dyson| OR: 72WS

80/1

Proved he still has something to offer when second at Huntingdon but pulled up on both subsequent outings. Had a wind op but faces a stiff task from out of the weights here.

Form: 4662PP-

Forecasts

Guguss Collonges (3/1), Gallic Geordie (7/2), Ivilnoble (7/2), Valentine's Turf (11/2), Spectaculardisplay (7/1), Go As You Please (10/1), Finnegan's Garden (18/1), King Cnut (50/1), Midnight Owle (80/1)

An uninspiring contest in which IVILNOBLE is put forward as the answer. He took a step back in the right direction from his rapidly-falling mark when runner-up at Plumpton earlier this month and can go one better in a race that may not take much winning. Go As You Please is inconsistent but he's feared most sporting first-time blinkers, ahead of Guguss Collonges.