16:55 Lingfield

Saturday 16 April 2022

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Watch Off The Fence On attheraces.com Handicap

Off time: 17:03 | Winning time: 1m 11.11s

(4)

Alablaq⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: George Downing| T: P D Evans| OR: 73| CD

15/8

C&D winner. Winner here in January. 11/2, good second of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 7 days ago, just failing. Shortlist material off 1 lb higher here.

Form: 3-14572

(9)

Cahors³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: William Carson| T: A Carson| OR: 72

25/1

14/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 30 days ago, running on. Return to this trip looks a good move, but others make more appeal all the same.

Form: 3273-94

(3)

Strike¹⁸⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Charlie Bennett| T: J G Portman| OR: 72

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable second of 8 in handicap (4/1) at Kempton (6f), no match for winner. Off 6 months and may again find one or two too good.

Form: 42422-

(8)

Diva Dancer²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Darragh Keenan| T: S Kirk| OR: 68

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 17/2, respectable fourth of 8 in maiden at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 21 days ago. Sizeable step forward needed now handicapping on polytrack debut.

Form: 45-44

(1)

Nubough^t³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Joshua Bryan| T: M Pattinson| OR: 66| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in December. 16/1, bit below form third of 6 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 38 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Likely he'll be on the premises.

Form: 6231-43

(6)

Soyounique^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Luke Catton⁽⁷⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 63| C| D

5/1

Course winner. Respectable third of 10 in handicap (8/1) at Chelmsford City (7f) 16 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 332483

(2)

Pablo Del Pueblo¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Aidan Keeley⁽⁷⁾| T: S Dow| OR: 62| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. 4/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 16 days ago, going off too hard. Not without each-way hope.

Form: 5-43197

Non-Runners

(5)

Storm Melody¹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 9

T: A Stronge J: R Havlin

(7)

So Savvy¹⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: W G M Turner J: E J Walsh

(10)

Cool Spirit¹⁶

Weight: 9-2| Age: 7

T: D C Griffiths J: Rhys Clutterbuck

Forecasts

Alablaq (15/8), Nubough (7/2), Pablo Del Pueblo (7/2), Storm Melody (4/1), Soyounique (5/1), Strike (8/1), Cool Spirit (10/1), Cahors (25/1), So Savvy (25/1), Diva Dancer (40/1)

This is likely to be fast and furious and it could be teed-up nicely for ALABLAQ, who failed by a whisker at Wolverhampton last weekend and he's on the same mark as for his C&D breakthrough success in January. Nubough performed with credit in a higher-grade handicap at Kempton last time and may emerge as the main danger. Soyounique also merits consideration.