13:50 Lingfield

Thursday 31 March 2022

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All Weather Championships Mile Handicap

Off time: 13:53 | Winning time: 1m 36.84s

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Brunel Charm^p¹⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: George Rooke⁽³⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 72| C

9/2

Course winner. Good third of 11 in handicap (9/2) at Chelmsford City (8f). Off 105 days. Can make his presence felt if ready to go.

Form: 743323-

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(3)

Latent Heat³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Cieren Fallon| T: A W Carroll| OR: 69| CD

8/1

Temperamental sort. C&D winner. Latest win here in February. Fifth of 8 in handicap at Kempton (7f, 11/4) 36 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 062-215

(6)

Secret Glow^t¹¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Watson| T: H Main| OR: 68| D

10/1

10/1, creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f), needing stiffer test. Off 111 days. Should be suited by return to this trip, but fitness isn't assured.

Form: 605405-

(2)

Glasvegas³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: George Downing| T: P D Evans| OR: 68| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 13 runs last year. Good fourth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 10/1) 34 days ago, left poorly placed. On a fair mark if everything drops right.

Form: 4488-64

(5)

Kratos^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Jefferson Smith| T: R Varian| OR: 67

50/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, fourth of 7 in handicap at Southwell (7.1f, 12/1) 14 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 21/5-664

(7)

Prince Rock²²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: S Dow| OR: 66| CD

10/1

5-time course winner. Latest win here in January. Good third of 6 in handicap (8/1) at this C&D (AW) 22 days ago, well positioned. Warrants respect.

Form: 99-1523

(1)

Wonder Starelzaam⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: George Bass⁽⁵⁾| T: D J Coakley| OR: 66| BF| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. 13/8, third of 5 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 54 days ago, running on late. Still getting better and shaped best last time, so can get back to winning ways.

Form: 0012-13

(11)

Cap D'Antibes^t³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: R Havlin| T: M Roberts| OR: 62| CD

9/1

5/2, didn't need to improve to win 8-runner handicap at this C&D (AW) 34 days ago, very much having run of race. In excellent form, so could prove dangerous if he gets across from stall 11.

Form: 5251-21

(9)

Desert Land¹⁰⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: P Cosgrave| T: J R Boyle| OR: 61| CD

11/1

Untrustworthy individual. Three wins from 16 runs last year. 15/2, didn't need to improve to win 11-runner handicap at this C&D (AW), missing break. Off 106 days. Tricky customer who needs a strong pace to show his form.

Form: 693351-

(10)

One Step Beyond^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽³⁾| T: R Ingram| OR: 60

50/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap (16/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 12 days ago. Struggling for form lately, and needs to bounce back.

Form: 7-53390

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Mr Fustic²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Darragh Keenan| T: Andi Brown| OR: 59

9/1

10/3, creditable second of 9 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 22 days ago, well positioned. Should give another good account.

Form: 20843-2

Forecasts

Wonder Starelzaam (5/2), Brunel Charm (9/2), Latent Heat (8/1), Glasvegas (8/1), Cap D'Antibes (9/1), Mr Fustic (9/1), Secret Glow (10/1), Prince Rock (10/1), Desert Land (11/1), Kratos (50/1), One Step Beyond (50/1)

WONDER STARELZAAM was closing at the finish when a narrow third at Kempton last time and he goes well over this C&D, so he's fancied to get back to winning ways in an open race. In-form pair Cap d'Antibes and Mr Fustic could put up the strongest resistance.