14:20 Lingfield

Saturday 15 January 2022

All12:0512:3513:1013:4514:2014:5515:30

Betway Handicap

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 1m 9.17s

(4)

Soldier's Minute^h²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 105| D

11/4

5/1, career best when winning 6-runner minor event at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 20 days ago, staying on to lead well inside final 1f. Career-high mark to contend with but should be in the mix.

Form: 026331-

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(3)

Fizzy Feet¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Rossa Ryan| T: D Loughnane| OR: 96| CD

6/1

4-time C&D winner. Bounced back to her best when second of 9 in handicap (18/1) at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 16 days ago, edged out final 100 yds. Each-way claims.

Form: 028442-

(2)

Count Otto^h¹⁶⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Joey Haynes| T: Mrs A J Perrett| OR: 93| CD

10/1

4-time C&D winner. Four wins from 11 runs last year. Sixteenth of 24 in handicap at Goodwood (6f, heavy, 80/1). Ended last season in a bit of a lull so work to do on reappearance.

Form: 316000-

(6)

Bowman¹¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: David Probert| T: Mrs L J Mongan| OR: 92| CD

33/1

C&D winner. Four wins from 12 runs last year. Last of 8 in handicap at Ripon (6f, good to firm, 15/2). Off 112 days. First run for yard after leaving Mark Johnston. Others make more appeal.

Form: 411548-

(8)

Corinthia Knight^p¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 90| CD

20/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Pontefract in July. 22/1, below form when eighth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 16 days ago, weakening early in straight. Mark continues to ease.

Form: 146568-

(7)

Muscika^v¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 8-6| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 90| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 21 runs last year. 12/1, run best excused when seventh of 12 in handicap at Southwell (5f) 14 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Not ruled out back up in trip.

Form: 11173-7

(5)

Top Breeze^b¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-3| J: George Rooke⁽³⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 87| C| D

12/1

Unreliable type. Course winner. Fifth of 8 in handicap (13/2) at this course (5f, AW) 15 days ago. Not one to make excuses for so likely to come up short in this company.

Form: 595245-

(9)

Marks Bear⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-2| J: Aidan Keeley⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 86| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. 3/1, good ¾-length second of 9 to Muscika in handicap at this C&D (AW) 50 days ago. Yet to finish out of the first 2 on all-weather so holds leading claims.

Form: 721722-

(1)

One Night Stand¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 84| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in December. Tenth of 12 in handicap (7/1) at Southwell (5f) 14 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Back up in trip.

Form: 46010-0

Forecasts

Marks Bear (5/2), Soldier's Minute (11/4), Fizzy Feet (6/1), One Night Stand (7/1), Muscika (10/1), Count Otto (10/1), Top Breeze (12/1), Corinthia Knight (20/1), Bowman (33/1)

Cases can be made for a few here but MARKS BEAR is yet to finish out of the first 2 on the all-weather so Gary Moore's charge gets the vote to notch a second C&D victory with his apprentice jockey Aidan Keeley taking off a valuable 7 lb. Top-weight Soldier's Minute picked up the pieces to score at Wolverhampton recently so he's an obvious threat, ahead of sole-mare Fizzy Feet.