14:45 Lingfield

Friday 28 January 2022

All13:0513:3514:1014:4515:2015:5016:20

Betway Handicap

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 57.69s

(7)

Storm Melody^b¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: R Havlin| T: A Stronge| OR: 69| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Four wins from 22 runs last year. Latest win here in December. 20/1, creditable second of 6 in C&D handicap 16 days ago, no match for winner.

Form: 17461-2

(5)

Not Now Zeb¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Jack Duern⁽³⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 68| D

12/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2020. Last of 9 in handicap (10/1) at Southwell (5f) 10 days ago but had reached the frame on both runs prior to that.

Form: 4003-49

(6)

Howzak²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Darragh Keenan| T: R Brisland| OR: 68| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 10 runs last year. Latest win at Chelmsford in November. 9/2, ninth of 10 in handicap at this course (6f) 24 days ago.

Form: 11278-9

(10)

La Roca Del Fuego¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: George Bass⁽⁵⁾| T: G Deacon| OR: 68| D

4/1

Four wins from 11 runs last year. Creditable third of 9 in handicap at this course (6f) 16 days ago. Wide draw could make life tricky.

Form: 41197-3

(2)

Lethal Blast¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: K T O'Neill| T: J J Bridger| OR: 67| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Four wins from 13 runs last year. Latest win at Windsor in August. Fourth of 6 in handicap (28/1) over this C&D (AW) 16 days ago. Back to a winning mark. Not discounted.

Form: 73140-4

(3)

Lothian¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Tom Marquand| T: M J Attwater| OR: 64| D

11/2

Winner at Kempton in October. Just as good when second over C&D at the start of this month and claims if a lesser run back here since is forgiven.

Form: 7180-25

(1)

Shamshon²⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 9-1| J: Luke Catton⁽⁷⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 63| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 20 runs last year. Below form fifth of 9 in C&D handicap 25 days ago.

Form: 66693-5

(4)

Glamorous Force⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Mark Crehan⁽³⁾| T: R Harris| OR: 62| D

5/1

Four wins from 18 runs last year. Seventh of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5f, 8/1) 46 days ago, left poorly placed. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 541187-

(9)

Toplight^b³²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 59| D

10/1

Latest win at Chelmsford in November. 8/1, creditable second of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5f) 32 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 126512-

(8)

Wings Of A Dove^b²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R Spencer| OR: 57

7/1

Remains a maiden after 17 Flat runs but latest third of 9 over C&D shows she can be competitive from this mark. Hollie Doyle retains the ride.

Form: 25939-3

Forecasts

La Roca Del Fuego (4/1), Glamorous Force (5/1), Lothian (11/2), Wings Of A Dove (7/1), Storm Melody (8/1), Toplight (10/1), Howzak (10/1), Shamshon (12/1), Not Now Zeb (12/1), Lethal Blast (14/1)

LOTHIAN might be worth forgiving a lesser run here last time as he's now 2 lb lower than when runner-up over C&D at the turn of the year and Tom Marquand takes over in the saddle for the first time. Storm Melody has 2 wins and a second to show for his last 3 outings over C&D so he ought to be firmly in the mix, while Toplight is another who arrives in good form.