14:00 Lingfield

Tuesday 4 January 2022

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Betway Casino Handicap

Off time: 14:09 | Winning time: 59.37s

(8)

Porfin⁵^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Hollie Doyle| T: P S McEntee| OR: 55| BF

5/6

Career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 2/1) 5 days ago, very much having run of race. Carries penalty. Back down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 292141-

(4)

Big Time Maybe^p,t³³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: William Carson| T: M J Attwater| OR: 54| CD

11/2

C&D winner. 28/1, bit below form fourth of 11 in handicap at Chelmsford City (5f) 33 days ago, nearest finish.

Form: 511864-

(2)

Sword Exceed^p,t¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: David Probert| T: R Brisland| OR: 52| BF| C

4/1

4-time course winner. Tenth of 12 in handicap (7/2) at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 13 days ago. Tongue strap back on, cheekpieces back on. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 057750-

(5)

Campachoochoo⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Jim Crowley| T: R Brisland| OR: 50| D

14/1

Last of 11 in handicap at Brighton (6f, good, 33/1) 82 days ago, possibly amiss.

Form: 354730-

(10)

One Day^b1¹⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Charlie Bennett| T: Mrs L J Mongan| OR: 49| D

125/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 7 in handicap at Windsor (5.1f, soft, 40/1). Off 6 months. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 850767-

(7)

Thegreyvtrain¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Callum Shepherd| T: R Harris| OR: 47| CD

8/1

Temperamental sort. C&D winner. Eighteen runs since last win. Fared a bit better than of late from a rapidly-declining mark when fourth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f, 13/2) 17 days ago.

Form: 307504-

(6)

Moveonup^b²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Rob Hornby| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 46| D

18/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. 14/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at Chelmsford City (6f) 26 days ago.

Form: 684889-

(3)

Mercers^b³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽⁵⁾| T: P Butler| OR: 45| CD

150/1

3-time C&D winner. Twenty two runs since last win in 2019. 125/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at this course (6f, AW) 39 days ago.

Form: 379990-

(1)

Hurricane Alert^p⁶¹

Age: 10| Weight: 8-12| J: Molly Gunn⁽⁷⁾| T: Frank Bishop| OR: 45| CD

250/1

C&D winner. Twenty five runs since last win in 2019. Last of 9 in handicap (200/1) at Chelmsford City (6f) 61 days ago.

Form: 707909-

Non-Runners

(9)

Lorna Cole¹³

Weight: 8-12| Age: 6

T: C Wallis J: Hayley Turner

Forecasts

Porfin (5/6), Sword Exceed (4/1), Big Time Maybe (11/2), Thegreyvtrain (8/1), Lorna Cole (10/1), Campachoochoo (14/1), Moveonup (18/1), One Day (125/1), Mercers (150/1), Hurricane Alert (250/1)

It could be worth chancing SWORD EXCEED, who has dropped to a career-low mark and ran well when previously tried in cheekpieces/tongue strap. Porfin very much had the run of the race when scoring at Wolverhampton recently but is going the right way for this yard so further progress can't be ruled out under a penalty. Thegreyvtrain is best of the others.