15:10 Lingfield

Monday 3 January 2022

All12:4013:1013:4014:1014:4015:1015:40

Betway Handicap

Off time: 15:13 | Winning time: 2m 6.72s

(4)

Stopnsearch¹⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: William Carson| T: B R Johnson| OR: 72| C| D

12/1

Course winner. Eighth of 10 in handicap at Windsor (10f, good to firm, 16/1). Off 140 days.

Form: 331748-

(1)

Noble Peace^t⁴⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-13| J: Jason Watson| T: S Pearce| OR: 72| CD

17/2

4-time C&D winner. Latest win here in September. 20/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 44 days ago, left poorly placed. Needs to rediscover his form.

Form: 871890-

(8)

Maysong^b1,e/s1¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 69| BF

11/2

One win from 25 Flat runs. Bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap (9/4) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 14 days ago. Eyeshields on 1st time, blinkers on 1st time. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 539227-

(10)

Beowulf^v1²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M L W Bell| OR: 69| D

11/1

Last of 6 in juvenile hurdle at Musselburgh (15.6f, good to soft, 10/1) 28 days ago. Visor on 1st time. Fair on the Flat (dual winner), respectable on last Flat outing. Others more persuasive.

Form: 113367-

(2)

My Target²¹

Age: 11| Weight: 9-9| J: Charlie Bennett| T: M Wigham| OR: 68| C

18/1

6-time course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2020. 12/1, fifth of 6 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 21 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 567545-

(7)

Kodiac Harbour^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: R Brisland| OR: 66| C

10/3

Course winner. Good second of 7 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 4/1) 19 days ago, not ideally placed. Cheekpieces back on. Stepping back in the right direction, has to be taken seriously.

Form: 1/50862-

(9)

Classy Dame¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: David Probert| T: R Eddery| OR: 64| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 12 runs last year. Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap (12/1) at this C&D (AW) 19 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 545644-

(3)

Sun Festival²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Mark Crehan⁽³⁾| T: R Ingram| OR: 64

22/1

66/1 and visored for 1st time, seventh of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 26 days ago.

Form: 539607-

(11)

How Hard Can It Be²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Hollie Doyle| T: K Jewell| OR: 63

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good fifth of 13 in handicap (50/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 26 days ago. Still unexposed and easy to see her improving again. Should get involved.

Form: 5365-

(5)

Melakaz²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Darragh Keenan| T: R Stephens| OR: 61

7/1

18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, twelfth of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 26 days ago.

Form: 67/3520-

Non-Runners

(6)

Cuban Hope⁸

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: Miss Gay Kelleway J: Hayley Turner

Forecasts

Kodiac Harbour (10/3), Classy Dame (4/1), Maysong (11/2), Melakaz (7/1), Noble Peace (17/2), How Hard Can It Be (9/1), Beowulf (11/1), Stopnsearch (12/1), Cuban Hope (14/1), My Target (18/1), Sun Festival (22/1)

A chance is taken on HOW HARD CAN IT BE who ran well on her handicap debut at Wolverhampton last month. She is still lightly raced and should improve again to go close here. Kodiac Harbour ran well over C&D last time and he's likely to be involved once again. The veteran My Target isn't out of things either.